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The Search for an American-Indian Identity: Modern Pan-Indian Movementsreviewed by Estelle Fuchs — 1971 Title: The Search for an American-Indian Identity: Modern Pan-Indian Movements Author(s): Hazel W. Hertzberg Publisher: Syracuse University Press, Syacuse, NY ISBN: , Pages: 362, Year: 1971 Search for book at Amazon.com Despite the myth, fantasy, and romance which surround them, the
more interesting reality about American Indians is their
extraordinary vitality in the present. Today American Indians
constitute a rapidly growing population. Close to 800,000 Indians
and 35,000 Eskimos and Aleuts in Alaska were counted in the 1970
census, almost 50 percent more than counted in 1960. But who is an
Indian? In 1970 a person was an Indian if he declared himself to be
one or was identified as one by an enumerator. This relatively
straightforward definition according to self-identification or
recognition includes a wide range of persons.1
Some persons are on the rolls of organized tribes, others are
not; some Indians maintain traditional life styles and are
frequently referred to as "full bloods" although they may be of
mixed ancestry, others represent various degrees of acculturation
in relation to the white society; some live in isolated rural
regions, others in major industrial centers; some speak a native
language as a home language, others have limited... (preview truncated at 150 words.)To view the full-text for this article you must be signed-in with the appropropriate membership. Please review your options below:
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- Estelle Fuchs
Hunter College of the City University of New York Dr. Fuchs, who teaches at Hunter College of the City University of New York, is working with Robert Havighurst on a volume on Indian education to be published by Doubleday early in 1972.
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