Title Native acts : law, recognition, and cultural authenticity / Joanne Barker

Published Durham [N.C.] : Duke University Press, 2011

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 284 pages) Contents Recognition: Of the "Indian tribe"; In Cherokee v. Delaware -- Membership: Of the "Indian member"; In Martinez v. Santa Clara (and vice versa); In disenrollment -- Tradition: Of marriage and sexuality; Origins Summary "In the United States, Native [Aboriginal or Native peoples, First Nations] peoples must be able to demonstrably look and act like the Natives of U.S. national narrations in order to secure their legal rights and standing as Natives. How they choose to navigate these demands and the implications of their choices for Native social formations are the focus of this powerful critique. Joanne Barker contends that the concepts and assumptions of cultural authenticity within Native communities potentially reproduce the very social inequalities and injustices of racism, ethnocentrism, sexism, homophobia, and fundamentalism that define U.S. nationalism and, by extension, Native oppression. She argues that until the hold of these ideologies is genuinely disrupted by Native peoples, the important projects for decolonization and self-determination defining Native movements and cultural revitalization efforts are impossible. These projects fail precisely by reinscribing notions of authenticity that are defined in U.S. nationalism to uphold relations of domination between the United States and Native peoples, as well as within Native social and interpersonal relations. Native Acts is a passionate call for Native peoples to decolonize their own concepts and projects of self-determination."--Publisher description Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 5, 2020) Subject Indians of North America -- Ethnic identity. Indians of North America -- Government relations -- History Ethnicity -- United States POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Civil Rights. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Human Rights. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / Native American Studies Ethnicity Indians of North America -- Ethnic identity Indians of North America -- Government relations Race relations SUBJECT United States -- Race relations. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140494 Subject United States Genre/Form Electronic books History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780822393382 0822393387 1283265877 9781283265874 9786613265876 661326587X

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