{"product_id":"american-indians-and-the-american-kasey-r-keeler-9781517909246","title":"American Indians and the American Dream: Policies, Place, and Property in Minnesota","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eUnderstanding the processes and policies of urbanization and suburbanization in American Indian communities\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNearly seven out of ten American Indians live in urban areas, yet studies of urban Indian experiences remain scant. Studies of suburban Natives are even more rare. Today's suburban Natives, the fastest-growing American Indian demographic, highlight the tensions within federal policies working in tandem to move and house differing groups of people in very different residential locations. In \u003ci\u003eAmerican Indians and the American Dream\u003c\/i\u003e, Kasey R. Keeler examines the long history of urbanization and suburbanization of Indian communities in Minnesota.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the intersection of federal Indian policy and federal housing policy, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Indians and the American Dream\u003c\/i\u003e analyzes the dispossession of Indian land, property rights, and patterns of home ownership through programs and policies that sought to move communities away from their traditional homelands to reservations and, later, to urban and suburban areas. Keeler begins this analysis with the Homestead Act of 1862, then shifts to the Indian Reorganization Act in the early twentieth century, the creation of Little Earth in Minneapolis, and Indian homeownership during the housing bubble of the early 2000s.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAmerican Indians and the American Dream\u003c\/i\u003e investigates the ways American Indians accessed homeownership, working with and against federal policy, underscoring American Indian peoples' unequal and exclusionary access to the way of life known as the American dream. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Cover alt text: Vintage photo of Native person bathing smiling child in the sink of a midcentury kitchen. Title in yellow.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kasey R. Keeler\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1517909244\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781517909246\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Minnesota Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/23\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2024","brand":"Kasey R. Keeler","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46670517436671,"sku":"9781517909246","price":100.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_717cf11f-a975-4963-974a-0f26a676d125.jpg?v=1741316957","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/american-indians-and-the-american-kasey-r-keeler-9781517909246","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}