"real" Indians and Others: Mixed-Blood Urban Native Peoples and Indigenous Nationhood

by Bonita Lawrence

Book Overview

In this pioneering book, Bonita Lawrence draws on the first-person accounts of thirty Toronto residents of Aboriginal descent, as well as archival materials, sociological research, and her own urban Native heritage and experiences to shed light on the Canadian government's efforts to define Native identity through the years. She describes the devastating loss of community that has resulted and how urban Native people have wrestled with their past...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 077481103X
• ISBN13: 9780774811033
• Release Date: July 2004
• Publisher: University of British Columbia Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.