Who is an Indian? race, place, and the politics of indigeneity in the Americas - Forte, Maximilian C., 1967- (Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 2013)
Introduction: "Who Is an Indian?" The Cultural Politics of a Bad Question -- Inuitness and Territoriality in Canada -- Federally Unrecognized Indigenous Communities in Canadian Contexts -- The Canary in the Coal Mine: What Sociology Can Learn from Ethnic Identity Debates among American Indians -- "This Sovereignty Thing": Nationality, Blood, and the Cherokee Resurgence -- Locating Identity: The Role of Place in Costa Rican Chorotega Identity -- Carib Identity, Racial Politics, and the Problem of Indigenous Recognition in Trinidad and Tobago -- Encountering Indigeneity: The International Funding of Indigeneity in Peru -- The Colour of Race: Indians and Progress in a Centre-Left Brazil -- Conclusion: Seeing beyond the State and Thinking beyond the State of Sight.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Keywords: Ethnicity -- Political aspects -- America; Indians of North America -- Ethnic identity; Indigenous peoples -- America -- Ethnic identity; Politics and culture -- America; America -- Ethnic relations; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination & Race Relations; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies; Electronic books