To Be Indian: The life of Iroquois S Presseneca Arthur Caswell Parker
by Joy Porter
- New
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- New
- ISBN 10
- 0806133171
- ISBN 13
- 9780806133171
- Seller
-
Mount Vernon, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Born on the Seneca Indian Reservation in New York State, Arthur Caswell Parker (1881-1955) was a prominent intellectual leader both within and outside tribal circles. Of mixed Iroquois, Seneca, and Anglican descent, Parker was also a controversial figure-recognized as an advocate for Indians but criticized for his assimilationist stance. In this exhaustively researched biography-the first book-length examination of Parker's life and career-Joy Porter explores complex issues of Indian identity that are as relevant today as in Parker's time.
From childhood on, Parker learned from his well-connected family how to straddle both Indian and white worlds. His great-uncle, Ely S. Parker, was Commissioner of Indian Affairs under Ulysses S. Grant--the first American Indian to hold the position. Influenced by family role models and a strong formal education, Parker, who became director of the Rochester Museum, was best known for his work as a "museologist" (a word he coined).
Porter shows that although Parker achieved success within the dominant Euro-American culture, he was never entirely at ease with his role as assimilated Indian and voiced frustration at having "to play Indian to be Indian." In expressing this frustration, Parker articulated a challenging predicament for twentieth-century Indians: the need to negotiate imposed stereotypes, to find ways to transcend those stereotypes, and to assert an identity rooted in the present rather than in the past.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- a brennan bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- biblio46
- Title
- To Be Indian: The life of Iroquois S Presseneca Arthur Caswell Parker
- Author
- Joy Porter
- Book Condition
- New New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0806133171
- ISBN 13
- 9780806133171
- Publisher
- Oklahoma University
- Place of Publication
- Norman
- This edition first published
- December 2001
Terms of Sale
a brennan bookseller
About the Seller
a brennan bookseller
About a brennan bookseller
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...