Indigenous Cities: Urban Indian Fiction and the Histories of Relocation

353 Pages·2017·6.354 MB·English

by  Laura M. Furlan

indigenous cities

Indigenous Cities
Urban Indian Fiction and
the Histories of Relocation
laura m. furlan
University of Nebraska Press Lincoln and London
© 2017 by the Board of Regents of
the University of Nebraska
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Library of Congress Cataloging-i n- Publication Data
Names: Furlan, Laura M., author.
Title: Indigenous cities: urban Indian fiction and
the histories of relocation / Laura M. Furlan.
Description: Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press,
2017. | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: lccn 2017021814 (print)
lccn 2017034458 (ebook)
isbn 9781496202727 (epub)
isbn 9781496202734 (mobi)
isbn 9781496202741 (pdf)
isbn 9780803269330 (hardback: alk. paper)
Subjects: lcsh: American fiction— Indian
authors— History and criticism. | Indians in
literature. | Cities and towns in literature. |
City and town life in literature. | Indians of
North America— Ethnic identity. | bisac:
literary criticism / Native American.
Classification: lcc ps153.i52 (ebook) | lcc ps153.i52
f87 2017 (print) | ddc 810.9/897— dc23
lc record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017021814
Set in Scala by Rachel Gould.
Designed by N. Putens.
And Coyote blues- ing on the urban brown funk vibe
wanders
in and out of existence
tasting the brown
rusty at times
worn bitter from relocation.
— Esther G. Belin, “Blues- ing on the Brown Vibe”

contents
List of Illustrations ix
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction 1
1. An Indigenous Awakening 37
2. The Urban Ghost Dance 75
3. Roots and Routes of the Hub 131
4. The City as Confluence 169
Epilogue 213
Source Acknowledgments 221
Notes 223
Bibliography 279
Index 317

illustrations
1. Scene from Hill X from The Exiles
by Kent Mackenzie 5
2. “Reservation” scene from The Exiles
by Kent Mackenzie 11
3. Metropolitan Indian Series #2 by
Hulleah J. Tsinhnahjinnie 38
4. Re- Membering by René García and
John Jota Leaños 70
5. Front view of Day/Night by Hock E
Aye Vi Edgar Heap of Birds 81
6. Reverse view of Day/Night by Hock
E Aye Vi Edgar Heap of Birds 82
7. Alley Allies from Richard Ray
Whitman’s Street Chiefs series 128