Affiliation:
1. State University of New York at Buffalo, USA
Abstract
The purpose of this article is to demonstrate how Elizabeth Rata’s (2000) concept of neotribal capitalism can be used to better understand and illuminate the nature and practices of contemporary indigenous governments in the United States. The focus is especially on the workings of neotraditionalist ideology: how it conceals and depoliticizes the class relations at the heart of neotribal society; how this ideology serves to insulate these neotribes from criticism; and how it serves to promote capital accumulation. This is done through an examination of two thematic groupings of relevant issues in contemporary indigenous and scholarly discourses: the interconnected and interrelated issues around labor, class consciousness, and unionization within indigenous communities; and the issues of indigenous identity, tribal citizenship, and the politics around the movement for disenrollment.
Subject
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous),Anthropology
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