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Native Providence memory, community, and survivance in the Northeast Patricia E. Rubertone

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Author:
Rubertone, Patricia E  Search this
Physical description:
1 online resource (xxiv, 434 pages) illustrations, maps
Type:
Biography
Genealogy
Electronic books
Biographies
History
Place:
Rhode Island
Providence
Providence (R.I.)
Date:
2020
Notes:
ELEC copy Purchased from the NMAI Library Endowment
Elecresource
Contents:
Narrating Indigeneity in a "Thoroughfare Town" -- Fox Point: A Waterfront Homeland, Encounters at a Stopping-Over Place, and Indigenous Legibility -- Lippitt Hill: Homelands of the Hill and Hollows, Unholy Water, and Traditional Knowledge -- Upper South Providence: Homeland at the Crossroads, Churchgoing and Community Making -- Lower South Providence: Habitations by the River and Bay, Mobility, and the Urban Imaginary -- Mashapaug Pond: The Pond Lands, From Planting Fields to Industrial Transformations -- Federal Hill: Homeland above the River at the Town's Doorstep, Commonplace Streets, and Uncommon Labor -- Johnston: Homeland at the Borderlands, Powwows, and Urban Mythscapes -- Imagining Past, Present and Future Urbanity
Summary:
"Native Providence reveals stories of Native urban life in the Northeast United States shaped by the dynamics of colonialism, race, and class, and not in the least by the survivance of people who today still live among the ruins of modernity"-- Provided by publisher
Topic:
Indians of North America  Search this
Cultural landscapes  Search this
Narragansett Indians--Cultural assimilation  Search this
Indians of North America--Cultural assimilation  Search this
Indians of North America--Antiquities  Search this
Urban Indians  Search this
Electronic books  Search this
Genealogy  Search this
History  Search this
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / Native American Studies  Search this
Indians of North America--Urban residence  Search this
Call number:
E78.R4 R83 2020 (Internet)
Restrictions & Rights:
Non-linear
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1147901