A01=Circe Dawn Sturm
america
american indians
anthropology
Author_Circe Dawn Sturm
blood degree
blood ties
Category=JBSL11
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cherokee culture
cherokee indians
cherokee nation
cherokee studies
cultural identity
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ethnography
ethnohistory
federal government
indigenous peoples
modern history
national identity
native american culture
native americans
nonfiction
oklahoma
oklahoma cherokee
political identity
political issues
race relations
racial blending
racial identification
racial identity
racial issues
racism
social identity
united states
Product details
- ISBN 9780520230972
- Weight: 363g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 20 Mar 2002
- Publisher: University of California Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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Circe Sturm takes a bold and original approach to one of the most highly charged and important issues in the United States today: race and national identity. Focusing on the Oklahoma Cherokee, she examines how Cherokee identity is socially and politically constructed, and how that process is embedded in ideas of blood, color, and race. Not quite a century ago, blood degree varied among Cherokee citizens from full blood to 1/256, but today the range is far greater--from full blood to 1/2048. This trend raises questions about the symbolic significance of blood and the degree to which blood connections can stretch and still carry a sense of legitimacy. It also raises questions about how much racial blending can occur before Cherokees cease to be identified as a distinct people and what danger is posed to Cherokee sovereignty if the federal government continues to identify Cherokees and other Native Americans on a racial basis. Combining contemporary ethnography and ethnohistory, Sturm's sophisticated and insightful analysis probes the intersection of race and national identity, the process of nation formation, and the dangers in linking racial and national identities.
Circe Sturm is Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Native American Studies at the University of Oklahoma.
