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

by Bonita Lawrence

Book Overview

Mixed-blood urban Native peoples in Canada are profoundly affected by federal legislation that divides Aboriginal peoples into different legal categories. In this pathfinding book, Bonita Lawrence reveals the ways in which mixed-blood urban Natives understand their identities and struggle to survive in a world that, more often than not, fails to recognize them.

In "Real" Indians and Others Lawrence draws on the first-person accounts...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803280378
• ISBN13: 9780803280373
• Release Date: July 2004
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Length: 303 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"