Who is an Indian? : : Race, Place, and the Politics of Indigeneity in the Americas / / Maxmillian C. Forte.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook Package Backlist 2000-2013
• HerausgeberIn: Forte, Maxmillian C. ,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2020]; ©2013
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (272 p.)

Who is an Indian? This is possibly the oldest question facing Indigenous peoples across the Americas, and one with significant implications for decisions relating to resource distribution, conflicts over who gets to live where and for how long, and clashing principles of governance and law. For centuries, the dominant views on this issue have been strongly shaped by ideas of both race and place. But just as important, who is permitted to ask, and answer this question?This collection examines the changing roles of race and place in the politics of defining Indigenous identities in the Americas. Drawing on case studies of Indigenous communities across North America, the Caribbean, Central America, and South America, it is a rare volume to compare Indigenous experience throughout the western hemisphere. The contributors question the vocabulary, legal mechanisms, and applications of science in constructing the identities of Indigenous populations, and consider ideas of nation, land, and tradition in moving indigeneity beyond race.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: "Who Is an Indian?" The Cultural Politics of a Bad Question -- 1. Inuitness and Territoriality in Canada -- 2. Federally Unrecognized Indigenous Communities in Canadian Contexts -- 3. The Canary in the Coal Mine: What Sociology Can Learn from Ethnic Identity Debates among American Indians -- 4. "This Sovereignty Thing": Nationality, Blood, and the Cherokee Resurgence -- 5. Locating Identity: The Role of Place in Costa Rican Chorotega Identity -- 6. Carib Identity, Racial Politics, and the Problem of Indigenous Recognition in Trinidad and Tobago -- 7. Encountering Indigeneity: The International Funding of Indigeneity in Peru -- 8. The Colour of Race: Indians and Progress in a Centre-Left Brazil -- Conclusion: Seeing beyond the State and Thinking beyond the State of Sight -- Contributors -- Index