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Playing Indian, between Idealization and Vilification: Seems You Have to Play Indian to be Indian

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rosy Simas
Sam Aros Mitchell
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 43, no. 4, Fraud in Native American Communities: Essays in Honor of Suzan Shown Harjo, 2019, pp. 133-140
Description
Two Indigenous dancers who discuss the ongoing trend on non-Indigenous people "playing Indian" and how this trend reinforces stereotypes and could lead to the erasure of Indigenous culture over time.
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“Playing Indian,” Power, and Racial Identity in American Sport: Gerald R. Gems' “The Construction, Negotiation, and Transformation of Racial Identity in American Football”

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
C. Richard King
Charles Fruehling Springwood
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 23, no. 2, 1999, pp. 127-131
Description
Argues that Gerald R. Gems overestimates the importance of playing football, neglects the significance of "playing Indian" and thereby supports a racial stereotype.
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The Plight of Ainu, Indigenous People of Japan

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mitsuharu Vincent Okada
Journal of Indigenous Social Development, vol. 1, no. 1, January 2012, pp. 1-14
Description
Examines consequences of government assimilation policies and discusses the need for research to promote social justice.
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“Poetry [Film] = Anger × Imagination”: Intermediality, the Synthesis of Poetry and Film, and Cross- Cultural Belonging in Sherman Alexie’s The Business of Fancydancing

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sabine N. Meyer
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 43, no. 1, Winter , 2019, pp. 36-73
Description
Cultural and artistic criticism piece; considers Alexie’s film as an adaptation and as a poetry film. Discusses artistic tools of referencing, trans media adaptation, and genre defiance; and considers the social and political statements made about identity formation, cross cultural relationships, and the centering of Indigenous narratives.
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"The Poetry Is Enough": The Curious Publication History of Marnie Walsh's "Indian Poems"

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Frank Kelderman
Great Plains Quarterly, vol. 38, no. 4, Summer, November 9, 2018, pp. 387-406
Description
Article examines the work of Marnie Walsh, a writer from South Dakota, who was frequently anthologized as a Sioux author, in spite of her not claiming to be so; discusses the way that the mistaken identity of Walsh has led to misrepresentations of Indigenous voices and lives.
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Policy and Indigenous Languages in Australia

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Graham McKay
Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, vol. 34, no. 3, 2011, pp. 297-319
Description
Looks at significance of Indigenous languages and language policy at national and state levels.
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Political Responses

Alternate Title
[Daniels: In and Beyond the Law]
[Métisland: Métis Settlements and the Daniels Decision]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Will Goodon
Gerald Cunningham
Description
President of the Métis Settlements General Council discusses its involvement in the Daniels case and actions of the Council since the decision. Second speaker discusses the political and historical context of the case, analyzes the court's judgement, and suggests possible future actions. Duration: 1:15:01. Presentations are part of the conference "Daniels: In and Beyond the Law" held at University of Alberta, Jan. 26-27, 2017.
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The Political Survival of Landless Puget Sound Indians

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kenneth D. Tollefson
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 16, no. 2, Spring, 1992, pp. 213-235
Description
Author examines the movement of and reorganization of the Indigenous nations in the Puget Sound region of the United States in response to land seizure by the settler colonial state. Considers how contemporary governing bodies use that displacement to argue against the communities’ petitions to have their tribal statuses legally recognized.
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The Political Thought of Sol Tax: The Principles of Non-Assimilation and Self-Government in Action Anthropology

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Joshua Smith
Histories of Anthropology Annual, vol. 6, 2010, pp. 129-170
Description
Looks at how Sol Tax incorporated action anthropology, through conventional tactics, into his goals of challenging the United States government policies and also challenged assimilationist ideals found in both science and politics.
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The Politics of Authenticity: Aboriginal Tasmanians and Liberal Governmentality

Alternate Title
Culture and the State ; v. 2
Disability Studies & Indigenous Studies
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Terry Moore
pp. 31-48
Description
Presents two case studies illustrating identity politics in which Aboriginal Tasmanians are routinely immersed and then explains why and how the politics have developed. Excerpt from Disability Studies & Indigenous Studies. Entire book on one pdf. To access paper, scroll to p. 31.
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The Politics of Recognition

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Robert Houle
Description
Keynote presentation from the 3rd Annual Aboriginal Curatorial Collective - Shaq'asthut / Gathering Place held in Vancouver, B.C. on November 7, 2008.
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The Politics of the Border in Linda Hogan’s

Mean Spirit

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Yonka Kroumova Krasteva
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 11, no. 4, Series 2; [Special Issue on] Linda Hogan, Winter, 1999, pp. [46]-60
Description
Discusses Hogan's novel that deals with interactions that take place when the dominant and the dominated cultures meet ,and the consequences of such a meeting. Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
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Pomo Basketweaving, Poison, and the Politics of Restoration in Greg Sarris’s Grand Avenue

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Michelle Burnham
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 14, no. 4, Series 2, Winter, 2002, pp. [18]-36
Description
Examines the eleven short stories in the book Grand Avenue, written by Greg Sarris, stories that all have a reference to family, extended family, or community. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
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Post-Colonial Literature and Hawaii: Teaching Ethnic American Literature in a Colony

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ann Rayson
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 6, no. 1, Series 2: Feminist and Post-Colonial Approaches, Spring, 1994, pp. 1-10
Description
Discusses the political and historical issues surrounding the teaching of ethnic American literature amid the Hawaiian activist movement and racial tensions in a multicultural state. Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
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