Indigenous Intellectuals: Sovereignty, Citizenship, and the American Imagination, 1880-1930

by Kiara M. Vigil

Book Overview

In the United States of America today, debates among, between, and within Indian nations continue to focus on how to determine and define the boundaries of Indian ethnic identity and tribal citizenship. From the 1880s and into the 1930s, many Native people participated in similar debates as they confronted white cultural expectations regarding what it meant to be an Indian in modern American society. Using close readings of texts, images, and public...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1107656559
• ISBN13: 9781107656550
• Release Date: December 2017
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 377 Pages
• Weight: 1.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"