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Record Nr.

UNINA9910269344903321

Autore

Schulze Jeffrey M.

Titolo

"Are We Not Foreigners Here?" : Indigenous Nationalism in the Twentieth-Century U.S.-Mexico Borderlands / / Jeffrey M. Schulze

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chapel Hill, NC, : The University of North Carolina Press, 2018

Chapel Hill : , : University of North Carolina Press, , [2018]

©[2018]

ISBN

9798890849694

9781469637136

1469637138

9781469637129

146963712X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (258 pages )

Disciplina

972/.1

Soggetti

Nationalism

Transborder ethnic groups - Politics and government

Tohono O'odham Indians - Mexican-American Border Region - History

Kickapoo Indians - Mexican-American Border Region - History

Yaqui Indians - Mexican-American Border Region - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-245) and index.

Nota di contenuto

The white men came and pretty soon they were all around us : Yaqui, Kickapoo, and Tohono O'odham migrations -- The indigenous race is abandoned : Indian policies -- God gave the land to the Yaquis : the beleaguered Yaqui nation -- Almost immune to change : the Mexican Kickapoo -- We are lost between two worlds : the Tohono O'odham nation -- All the doors are closing and now it's economic survival : federal recognition.

Sommario/riassunto

This book examines efforts by Indigenous Yaqui, Kickapoo, and Tohono O'odham people to maintain sovereignty and identity by utilizing the unique nature and sociopolitical dynamics of the U.S.-Mexico borderlands.