About the book
In this in-depth interdisciplinary study, Jenny Tone-Pah-Hote reveals how Kiowa people drew on the tribe’s rich history of expressive culture to assert its identity at a time of profound challenge. Examining traditional forms such as beadwork, metalwork, painting, and dance, Tone-Pah-Hote argues that their creation and exchange were as significant to the expression of Indigenous identity and sovereignty as formal political engagement and policymaking. These cultural forms, she argues, were sites of contestation as well as affirmation, as Kiowa people used them to confront external pressures, express national identity, and wrestle with changing gender roles and representations.
Combatting a tendency to view Indigenous cultural production primarily in terms of resistance to settler-colonialism, Tone-Pah-Hote expands existing work on Kiowa culture by focusing on acts of creation and material objects that mattered as much for the nation’s internal and familial relationships as for relations with those outside the tribe. In the end, she finds that during a time of political struggle and cultural dislocation at the turn of the twentieth century, the community’s performative and expressive acts had much to do with the persistence, survival, and adaptation of the Kiowa nation.
Editions of Crafting an Indigenous Nation
- Hardcover
- ISBN 9781469643656
- Paperback
- ISBN 9781469643663
- EBook
- ISBN 9781469643687
- EBook
- ISBN 9798890851390
- EBook
- ISBN 9781469643670
- PDF
- ISBN 9798890851383
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In this in-depth interdisciplinary study, Jenny Tone-Pah-Hote reveals how Kiowa people drew on the tribe’s rich history of expressive culture to assert its identity at a time of profound challenge. Examining traditional forms such as beadwork, metalwork, painting, and dance, Tone-Pah-Hote argues that their creation and exchange were as significant to the expression of Indigenous identity and sovereignty as formal political engagement and policymaking. These cultural forms, she argues, were sites of contestation as well as affirmation, as Kiowa people used them to confront external pressures, express national identity, and wrestle with changing gender roles and representations.
Combatting a tendency to view Indigenous cultural production primarily in terms of resistance to settler-colonialism, Tone-Pah-Hote expands existing work on Kiowa culture by focusing on acts of creation and material objects that mattered as much for the nation’s internal and familial relationships as for relations with those outside the tribe. In the end, she finds that during a time of political struggle and cultural dislocation at the turn of the twentieth century, the community’s performative and expressive acts had much to do with the persistence, survival, and adaptation of the Kiowa nation.
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What is Crafting an Indigenous Nation about?
In this in-depth interdisciplinary study, Jenny Tone-Pah-Hote reveals how Kiowa people drew on the tribe’s rich history of expressive culture to assert its identity at a time of profound challenge. Examining traditional forms such as beadwork, metalwork, painting, and dance, Tone-Pah-Hote argues that their creation and exchange were as significant to the expression of Indigenous identity and sovereignty as formal political engagement and policymaking. These cultural forms, she argues, were sites of contestation as well as affirmation, as Kiowa people used them to confront external pressures, express national identity, and wrestle with changing gender roles and representations.
Combatting a tendency to view Indigenous cultural production primarily in terms of resistance to settler-colonialism, Tone-Pah-Hote expands existing work on Kiowa culture by focusing on acts of creation and material objects that mattered as much for the nation’s internal and familial relationships as for relations with those outside the tribe. In the end, she finds that during a time of political struggle and cultural dislocation at the turn of the twentieth century, the community’s performative and expressive acts had much to do with the persistence, survival, and adaptation of the Kiowa nation.
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in Crafting an Indigenous Nation?
History and Archaeology > History > History: specific events and topics > Social and cultural history
Where can I read a sample of Crafting an Indigenous Nation?
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How long is Crafting an Indigenous Nation and how many pages does it have?
Crafting an Indigenous Nation has 162 page(s)
Who is/are the Author/s of the book Crafting an Indigenous Nation?
Jenny Tone-Pah-Hote
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Crafting an Indigenous Nation is available as hardcover(ISBN 9781469643656) and paperback(ISBN 9781469643663) and ebook(ISBN 9781469643687) and ebook(ISBN 9798890851390) and ebook(ISBN 9781469643670) and pdf(ISBN 9798890851383)
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