Concept information
Preferred term
Native American identity
Definition
- A simple definition of identity is “the name we call ourselves.” Yet things are inevitably more complicated than that, for identity is both externally imposed and internally ascribed; identity claims involve individual agency yet exist within a larger sociohistorical context. Claiming a Native American identity, as with all racial/ethnic identities, is more contested, complex, and constrained by context than the claiming of a White ethnic identity. [Source: Encyclopedia of Race, Ethnicity, and Society; Native American Identity]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Native_American_identity
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