Indigenous Memory, Urban Reality

By Michelle R. Jacobs,

Book cover of Indigenous Memory, Urban Reality: Stories of American Indian Relocation and Reclamation

Book description

Contemporary accounts of urban Native identity in two pan-Indian communities
In the last half century, changing racial and cultural dynamics in the United States have caused an explosion in the number of people claiming to be American Indian, from just over half a million in 1960 to over three million…

When you buy books, we may earn a commission that helps keep our lights on (or join the rebellion as a member).

Why read it?

1 author picked Indigenous Memory, Urban Reality as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Rather than focusing on historical archives, this book is based on years of face-to-face research in and with urban Indigenous communities. Deftly describing the urban politics of identity, Jacobs provides insights into the ways in which Indigenous people manage senses of self and community in the twenty-first-century city.

From Coll's list on urban Indigenous lives.

Want books like Indigenous Memory, Urban Reality?

Our community of 12,000+ authors has personally recommended 100 books like Indigenous Memory, Urban Reality.

Browse books like Indigenous Memory, Urban Reality

Book cover of There There
Book cover of Sacred Smokes
Book cover of City Indian: Native American Activism in Chicago, 1893-1934

Share your top 3 reads of 2024!

And get a beautiful page showing off your 3 favorite reads.

1,355

readers submitted
so far, will you?

5 book lists we think you will like!

Interested in Ohio, the indigenous peoples of the Americas, and American Indians?

Ohio 79 books
American Indians 231 books