Abstract

It is impossible to accurately imagine contemporary Native Ameri can identity without understanding the contribution of urban Indi ans. Groups such as the legendary Mohawk steelworkers on the East Coast and the American Indian Movement, which emerged from ur ban Indian neighborhoods in cities such as Minneapolis, Oakland, and Cleveland, give testament to a significant part of the surviv ance, to use Gerald Vizenor's term, of contemporary Native Ameri can peoples and cultures. Over two-thirds of the approximately 2.1 million Native Americans in the United States live in urban areas

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