ISBN:
9780816666775
,
9780816666768
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xiv, 220 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
Indigenous Americas
Parallel Title:
Print version X-Marks : Native Signatures of Assent
DDC:
305.897
Keywords:
Indians of North America Ethnic identity
;
Liminality
;
Race awareness
;
Self-determination, National
;
Identification (Psychology)
;
Indians of North America Cultural assimilation
;
Group identity
;
Group identity ; United States
;
Identification (Psychology)
;
Indians of North America ; Cultural assimilation
;
Indians of North America ; Ethnic identity
;
Liminality
;
Race awareness
;
Self-determination, National ; United States
;
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Abstract:
During the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, North American Indian leaders commonly signed treaties with the European powers and the American and Canadian governments with an X, signifying their presence and assent to the terms. These x-marks indicated coercion (because the treaties were made under unfair conditions), resistance (because they were often met with protest), and acquiescence (to both a European modernity and the end of a particular moment of Indian history and identity).In X-Marks , Scott Richard Lyons explores the complexity of contemporary Indian identity and current debates
Description / Table of Contents:
Contents; Preface; Introduction: Migrations/Removals; 1 Identity Crisis; 2 Culture and Its Cops; 3 Nations and Nationalism since 1492; 4 Resignations; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Z
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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