'Real' Indians and Others - Mixed-Blood Urban Native Peoples and Indigenous Nationhood

Informationen zum Autor Bonita Lawrence is an assistant professor of women's studies and Native studies at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario. She recently coedited (with Kim Anderson) Strong Women Stories: Native Vision and Community Survival. Klappentext Bonita Lawrence is an assistant professor of women¿s studies and Native studies at Queen¿s University in Kingston, Ontario. She recently coedited (with Kim Anderson) Strong Women Stories: Native Vision and Community Survival. Zusammenfassung Mixed-blood urban Native peoples in Canada are profoundly affected by federal legislation that divides Aboriginal peoples into different legal categories. This work shows the ways in which mixed-blood urban Natives understand their identities and struggle to survive in a world that, more often than not, fails to recognize them.

Product details

• Authors: Lawrence Bonita, BONITA LAWRENCE, LAWRENCE BONITA
• Publisher: External catalogues_US
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.07.2004
• EAN: 9780803280373
• ISBN: 978-0-8032-8037-3
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 216 mm x 18 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Folklore; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies, Ethnic Issues, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / Native American Studies