Full Description
This book is an important and timely resource for students, scholars, and policy makers interested in understanding Indigenous identity in urban areas worldwide.
Contents
Introduction / Evelyn Peters and Chris AndersenPart 1: Aboriginal Urbanization in Canada1 The Urbanization of Aboriginal Populations in Canada: A Half Century in Review / Mary Jane Norris, Stewart Clatworthy, and Evelyn Peters2 Urban Aboriginality as a Distinctive Identity, in Twelve Parts / Chris Andersen3 Breaching Reserve Boundaries: Canada v. Misquadis and the Legal Creation of the Urban Aboriginal Community / Yale D. Belanger4 "I Basically Mostly Stick with My Own Kind": First Nations Appropriation of Urban Space in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan / Evelyn Peters and Carol Lafond5 Being Metis: Exploring the Construction, Retention, and Maintenance of Urban Metis Identity / Ronald F. Laliberte6 Laying the Groundwork for Co-Production: The Saskatoon Indian and Metis Friendship Centre, 1968-82 / Pamela Ouart and the Saskatoon Indian and Metis Friendship Centre7 Increasing the Depth of Our Civic Identity: Future Seeking and Place Making with Aboriginal Communities / Ryan WalkerPart 2: American Indian Urbanization in the United States8 American Indians and Alaska Natives in Urban Environments / C. Matthew Snipp9 "Being Indian in the City": Generational Differences in the Negotiation of Native Identity among Urban-Based American Indians / Nancy Lucero10 Dancing into Place: The Role of the Powwow within Urban Indigenous Communities / Jay T. JohnsonPart 3: Aboriginal Urbanization in Australia11 Indigenous Urbanization in Australia: Patterns and Processes of Ethnogenesis / John Taylor12 Aboriginal Identity and Place in the Intercultural Settings of Metropolitan Australia / Kelly Greenop and Paul Memmott13 Aboriginal Youth, Work, and Aspiration in Sydney's Redfern-Waterloo Region / George MorganPart 4: Maori Urbanization in New Zealand14 The Structure of Urban Maori Identities / Tahu Kukutai15 Maori and Environmental Justice: The Case of "Lake" Otara / Brad Coombes16 Producing Indigeneity / Brendan HokowhituConclusion: Indigenizing Modernity or Modernizing Indigeneity? / Chris Andersen and Evelyn PetersIndex
