Description: An edited volume that tackles the contemporary issues facing Native Americans through community activism, politics, economics, and legislation.
Review Quotes:
"This welcomed collection shines with new voices from both academics and activists challenging us to rethink popular representations of Indians and the direction of Native American Studies. Andrew Jolivette's innovative and dynamic collection opens up a series of timely conversations that will enliven both a popular audience and animate classroom discussions. It is the definitive contribution to issues of self-representation, self-determination, and contemporary cultural politics within Native America...." --Tomas Almaguer, Professor of Ethnic Studies, San Francisco State University
"This timely collection of essays brings together voices from inside and outside the academy speaking both from personal experience and from critical and analytical positions about the representation of indigenous people in the American imaginary. The book's evocative images and engaging accounts map the past, present, and future terrain of debates and definitions of Native America." --Joane Nagel, University of Kansas Distinguished Professor of Sociology "This welcomed collection shines with new voices from both academics and activists challenging us to rethink popular representations of Indians and the direction of Native American Studies. Andrew Jolivette's innovative and dynamic collection opens up a series of timely conversations that will enliven both a popular audience and animate classroom discussions. It is the definitivecontribution to issues of self-representation, self-determination, and contemporary cultural politics within Native America." --Tomas Almaguer, Professor of Ethnic Studies, San Francisco State University