Reimagining Indian country : native American migration & identity in twentieth-century Los Angeles /

"For decades, most American Indians have lived in cities, not on reservations or in rural areas. Still, scholars, policymakers, and popular culteroften regard Indians first as reservation peples living apart from non-Native Americans. In this book, Nicholas Rosenthal reorients our understanding...

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Main Author: Rosenthal, Nicolas G.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, <U+fffd>2012.
Edition:Di 1 ban.
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Summary: "For decades, most American Indians have lived in cities, not on reservations or in rural areas. Still, scholars, policymakers, and popular culteroften regard Indians first as reservation peples living apart from non-Native Americans. In this book, Nicholas Rosenthal reorients our understanding of the experience of American Indians by tracing their migration to citites, exploring the formation of urban Indian communitites, and delving into the shifting relationships between reservations and urban areas from the early twentieth century to the present. Nicholas Rosenthal in associate professor of history at Loyola Marymount University." -- Back cover.
Physical Description: xi, 239 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-226) and index.
ISBN: 9781469617565
1469617560