Ethnicity and Identity in Northeastern Oklahoma.

Autor/in	Roark, Sue N.
Titel	Ethnicity and Identity in Northeastern Oklahoma.
Quelle	(1974), (17 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Affiliation Need; American Indians; Behavior Patterns; Criteria; Definitions; Ethnic Grouping; Identification (Psychology); Moral Values; Self Concept; Symbolism; Theories; Tribes; Oklahoma + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? American Indian; Indianer; Begriffsbestimmung; Moral value; Ethischer Wert; Selbstkonzept; Theory; Theorie; Tribal society; Stammesgesellschaft
Abstract	The origins of the Oklahoma Delaware reflect a complex history of migration, forced relocation, and punitive concentration. Though 36 tribal identities survive today, they are not of equal cultural coherence. Among the Delaware, there is no simple relation between socioeconomic status, level of acculturation, and factional membership. Rather, the emergence of complementary roles played out in mutually satisfying transactions between elders and organizers, ritual specialists, and persons in need of ritual services constitute the politically significant rallying point for factional alliance wherein retribalization takes place. Virtually all Delaware are of mixed ancestory, and legal "Indianness" does not by itself constitute ethnic identity, since it is defined only by pedigree and not by behavior. Legal Indians become social Indians in Oklahoma if they participate in certain public social situations labeled "Indian doings" and orient themselves to a set of standards known as the "Indian way". Since language, the most powerful symbol of Indian identity, is the least used symbol in Oklahoma, the Delaware abide by a set of "moral ground rules" that cross tribal frontiers and define Indian behavior. Conscious, elaborated expression of identity is manifest in public events or "crisis observances" where "badges" of identity are displayed. Badges of identity are also operative in private expression of identity. (JC)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC