Native American Nationalism and Nation Re-building : : Past and Present Cases / / edited by Simone Poliandri.

• TeilnehmendeR: Poliandri, Simone,
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Series: SUNY series, Tribal Worlds: Critical Studies in American Indian Nation Building
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (224 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

Bringing together perspectives from a variety of disciplines, this book provides an interdisciplinary approach to the emerging discussion on Indigenous nationhood. The contributors argue for the centrality of nationhood and nation building in molding and, concurrently, blending the political, social, economic, and cultural strategies toward Native American self-definitions and self-determination. Included among the common themes is the significance of space-conceived both as traditional territory and colonial reservation-in the current construction of Native national identity. Whether related to historical memory and the narrativization of peoplehood, the temporality of indigenous claims to sovereignty, or the demarcation of successful financial assets as cultural and social emblems of indigenous space, territory constitutes an inalienable and necessary element connecting Native American peoplehood and nationhood. The creation and maintenance of Native American national identity have also overcome structural territorial impediments and may benefit from the inclusivity of citizenship rather than the exclusivity of ethnicity. In all cases, the political effectiveness of nationhood in promoting and sustaining sovereignty presupposes Native full participation in and control over economic development, the formation of historical narrative and memory, the definition of legality, and governance.

Table of Contents

Contents; Illustrations; Foreword; Tribal Worlds: Critical Studies in American Indian Nation Building; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Nationalism and Nation Re-building in Native North America ; Nation Building as Nation Re-building; A Multifaceted Approach to the Understanding of Native Nationalism and Nation Re-building; Notes; References; 1. Building on Native Sovereignty: From Ethnic Membership to National Citizenship; Sovereignty; The Problem: Land, Economics, and Sovereignty; Failed Solutions: Ethnification, De-nationalization, and De-territorialization

A Real Solution: Achieving SovereigntyBuilding New Communities; Overcoming the Obstacles of Ethnified Identity and Culture; Conclusions; Notes; References; Legal Cases; 2. The Antics of Anticipation in an Odyssey of Self-Rule; Strategies of "Will"; Dualities; Another Mittark Moment; Anticipating "Forever Wild"; Wampanoag Intervention; In Pursuit of Stasis; Unbounded; Schisms of Anticipation; Yearnings; A Matter of Practicality; Renegotiating "Forever"; Conclusion; Acknowledgments; Notes; References

3. The Mi'kmaw Path to First Nationhood: A Roadmap, Some Strategies, and a Few Effective ShortcutsFirst Nation; The Mi'kmaw Nation; Mi'kmaw Nationalism at the Tribal Level; Reserve as Nation; Province-Based First Nationhood; Conclusion: The Citizenship Path toward Mi'kmaw Nationhood; Notes; References; 4. The Boundaries of Indigenous Nationalism: Space, Memory, and Narrative in Hualapai Political Discourse; Introduction; The Conquest of Aboriginal Homelands and the Restructuring of Hualapai Space; Exodus, Space, and the Hualapai Reservation

A Modern Indian Nation: Cultural Legitimacy and the Politics of MemoryConclusions: History, Memory, and the Hualapai Nation; Notes; References; Primary Sources; Secondary Sources; 5. Courting the Nation: Articulating Potawatomi Nationhood at the Indian Claims Commission; Introduction; Reclaiming History at the Commission; Theorizing Native Nationalism; Reading the Nation: Three Potawatomi Stories; Connecting Places; Connecting Families; Connecting Culture; Linking the Past and Present; Notes; Public Documents; References; Conclusion: The Push for Change Continues; References; Contributors

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