Title Native space : geographic strategies to unsettle settler colonialism / Natchee Blu Barnd

Published Corvallis, OR : Oregon State University Press, 2017

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 172 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps Series First peoples First peoples (2010) Contents Introduction -- Inhabiting tribal communities -- Inhabiting Indianness in white communities -- The meaning of Set-tainte; or, making and unmaking indigenous geographies -- The art of native space -- The space of native art -- Afterword: Reclaiming indigenous geographies -- Bibliography -- Index Summary "Native Space explores how indigenous communities and individuals sustain and create geographies through place-naming, everyday cultural practices, and artistic activism, within the boundaries of the settler colonial nation of the United States. Diverging from scholarship that tends to treat indigenous geography as an analytical concept, Natchee Blu Barnd instead draws attention to the subtle manifestations of everyday cultural practices--the concrete and often mundane activities involved in the creation of indigenous space. What are the limits and potentials of indigenous acts of spatial production? Native Space argues that control over the notion of "Indianness" still sits at the center of how space is produced in a neocolonial nation, and shows how non-indigenous communities uniquely deploy Native identities in the direct construction of colonial geographies. In short, "the Indian" serves to create White space in concrete ways. Yet, Native geographies effectively reclaim indigenous identities, assert ongoing relations to the land, and refuse the claims of settler colonialism. Barnd creatively and persuasively uses original cartographic research and demographic data, a series of interrelated stories set in the Midwestern Plains states of Kansas and Oklahoma, an examination of visual art by contemporary indigenous artists, and discussions of several forms of indigenous activism to support his argument. With its highly original, interdisciplinary approach, Native Space makes a significant contribution to the literature in cultural and critical geography, comparative ethnic studies, indigenous studies, cultural studies, American Studies, and related fields."-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-163) and index Notes Print version record Subject Indians of North America -- Ethnic identity. Indians of North America -- Land tenure. Cultural geography -- United States Indian art -- United States Names, Geographical -- United States Human geography -- United States White people -- Relations with Indians. Indians of North America -- Colonization. Decolonization -- United States Indians of North America -- Land tenure Indians of North America -- Ethnic identity Civilization -- Indian influences Cultural geography Indian art Names, Geographical SUBJECT United States -- Civilization -- Indian influences. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85139962 Subject United States Form Electronic book ISBN 0870719033 9780870719035

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