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Article: Real Indians: identity and the survival of Native America.(General)(Book Review)
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- Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute
- Article date:
- September 1, 2004
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GARROUTTE, EVA MARIE. Real Indians: identity and the survival of Native America. xv, 223 pp., tables, illus., bibliogr. London, Berkeley: Univ. California Press, 2003. [pounds sterling]32.95 (cloth), [pounds sterling]12.95 (paper)
Eva Marie Garroutte takes a bold step by trying to answer a problematic question for the settler societies of North America. She asks, who are the Real Indians? Based on published and unpublished sources, two dozen interviews with a variety of native individuals, and participation in the intertribal communities of Tulsa and academia, Garroutte challenges existing definitions of 'Indian' identity and develops a postcolonial perspective ...