The “Authentic Indian”: Sarah Winnemucca's Resistance to Colonial Constructions of Indianness
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sarah Bonnie Humud
American Indian Culture and Research Journal , vol. 42, no. 2, Settler Colonial Biopolitics and Indigenous Lifeways, 2018, pp. 57-76
Description
Author examines the work of Sarah Winnemucca, a Northern Paiute author, lecturer, interpreter, and army scout; argues that Winnemucca challenges the stereotypes of Indigenous authenticity which have been used as a strategy of settler biopolitics.