02999nam 2200745Ia 450 991045921140332120200520144314.01-4529-4685-X0-8166-7373-X(CKB)2670000000030309(EBL)548063(OCoLC)646816207(SSID)ssj0000431542(PQKBManifestationID)11314482(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000431542(PQKBWorkID)10475833(PQKB)11161823(StDuBDS)EDZ0001177905(MiAaPQ)EBC548063(MdBmJHUP)muse29806(Au-PeEL)EBL548063(CaPaEBR)ebr10400726(CaONFJC)MIL525837(EXLCZ)99267000000003030920090417d2010 ub 0engur|||||||||||txtccrX-marks[electronic resource] native signatures of assent /Scott Richard LyonsMinneapolis University of Minnesota Press20101 online resource (236 p.)Indigenous AmericasDescription based upon print version of record.0-8166-6677-6 0-8166-6676-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Preface; Introduction: Migrations/Removals; 1 Identity Crisis; 2 Culture and Its Cops; 3 Nations and Nationalism since 1492; 4 Resignations; Notes; Index;During the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, North American Indian leaders commonly signed treaties with the European powers and the American and Canadian governments with an X, signifying their presence and assent to the terms. These x-marks indicated coercion (because the treaties were made under unfair conditions), resistance (because they were often met with protest), and acquiescence (to both a European modernity and the end of a particular moment of Indian history and identity). In X-Marks, Scott Richard Lyons explores the complexity of contempIndigenous Americas.Indians of North AmericaEthnic identityIndians of North AmericaCultural assimilationGroup identityUnited StatesSelf-determination, NationalUnited StatesIdentification (Psychology)Race awarenessLiminalityElectronic books.Indians of North AmericaEthnic identity.Indians of North AmericaCultural assimilation.Group identitySelf-determination, NationalIdentification (Psychology)Race awareness.Liminality.305.897Lyons Scott Richard1045561MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910459211403321X-marks2471957UNINA