At the dawn of the twenty-first century, America finds itself on the brink of a new racial consciousness. The old, unquestioned confidence with which individuals can be classified (as embodied, for instance, in previous U.S. census categories) has been eroded. In its place are shifting paradigms and new norms for racial identity. Eva Marie Garroutte examines the changing processes of racial identification and their implications by looking specifically at the case of American Indians.
Author(s): Eva Marie Garroutte
Edition: 1
Year: 2003
Language: English
Pages: 250
Illustrations......Page 10
Preface......Page 12
Acknowledgments......Page 14
Introduction: The Chief Who Never Was......Page 18
1. Enrollees and Outalucks: Law......Page 31
2. “If He Gets a Nosebleed, He’ll Turn into a White Man”: Biology......Page 55
3. What If My Grandma Eats Big Macs? Culture......Page 78
4. If You’re Indian and You Know It (but Others Don’t): Self-IdentiWcation......Page 99
5. “Whaddaya Mean ‘We,’ White Man?” Identity ConXicts and a Radical Indigenism......Page 116
6. Allowing the Ancestors to Speak Radical Indigenism and New/Old DeWnitions of Identity......Page 130
Conclusion: Long Lance’s Ghost and the Spirit of Future Scholarship......Page 157
Appendix......Page 170
Notes......Page 180
Selected Bibliography......Page 218
Index......Page 230
