Unpapered

Writers Consider Native American Identity and Cultural Belonging

Diane Glancy, Linda Rodriguez

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University of Nebraska Press
30 May 2023

Social & cultural history; Indigenous peoples; Population & demography

"Unpapered is a collection of personal narratives by Indigenous writers exploring the meaning and limits of Native American identity beyond its legal margins. Native heritage is neither simple nor always clearly documented, and citizenship is a legal and political matter of sovereign nations determined by such criteria as blood quantum, tribal rolls, or community involvement. Those who claim a Native cultural identity often have family stories of tenuous ties dating back several generations. Given that tribal enrollment was part of a string of government programs and agreements calculated to quantify and dismiss Native populations, many writers who identify culturally and are recognized as Native Americans do not hold tribal citizenship.

With essays by Trevino Brings Plenty, Deborah Miranda, Steve Russell, and Kimberly Wieser, among others, Unpapered charts how current exclusionary tactics began as a response to ""pretendians""-non-indigenous people assuming a Native identity for job benefits-and have expanded to an intense patrolling of identity that divides Native communities and has resulted in attacks on peoples' professional, spiritual, emotional, and physical states. An essential addition to Native discourse, Unpapered shows how social and political ideologies have created barriers for Native people truthfully claiming identities while simultaneously upholding stereotypes."

Edited by: Diane Glancy, Linda Rodriguez
Imprint: University of Nebraska Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
ISBN: 9781496235008
ISBN 10: 1496235002
Pages: 254
Publication Date: 30 May 2023
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction by Diane Glancy Show Your Papers Paperwork Kim Shuck Things You Can Do with Your Chart for Calculating Quantum of Indian Blood Deborah Miranda The White Box Kimberly L. Becker Seeking the Indian Gravy Train Steve Russell Unpapered Diane Glancy Finding the Way On Chumash Land Terra Trevor A Salmon-Fishing Story Abigail Chabitnoy Confessions of a Detribalized Mixed-Blood Jeanetta Calhoun Mish Thinking with Bigfoot about a Jackpine Savage: Cryptogenealogical Reflections Carter Meland Identity Wars “You Don’t Look Indian” Michele Leonard Pretend Indian Exegesis: The Pretend Indian Uncanny Valley Hypothesis in Literature and Beyond Trevino Brings Plenty Dead Indians. Live Indians. Legal Indians. Ron Querry The Animals’ Ballgame Geary Hobson We Never Spoke Linda Boyden Why We Matter On Being Chamorro and Belonging to Guam Craig Santos Perez Aunt Ruby’s Little Sister Dances Kimberly Wieser Buffalo Heads in Diners: Remnant Populations Denise Dotson Low And Thus the Tribes Diminish Linda Rodriguez Source Acknowledgments Contributors

Diane Glancy is an emerita professor of English at Macalester College. She is the author of numerous books of fiction, nonfiction, and memoir, including most recently Home Is the Road: Wandering the Land, Shaping the Spirit and A Line of Driftwood: The Ada Blackjack Story. Linda Rodriguez is the author of Plotting the Character-Driven Novel, the Skeet Bannion series, and three books of poetry. She is the coeditor (with Diane Glancy) of The World Is One Place: Native American Poets Visit the Middle East.

Reviews for Unpapered: Writers Consider Native American Identity and Cultural Belonging

“This remarkable collection of stories and essays about Indigenous identity shakes off the tired tropes established under colonial dominion to bring urgency and honesty to a divisive topic. Each of the contributors brings an incredible wealth of personal narratives and emotional integrity to a much-needed conversation that is a necessary balm to the vitriol of our internet age.”—Lee Francis, executive director of Native Realities