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Rachel Buff's innovative study of festivals in two American communities launches a substantive inquiry into the nature of citizenship, race, and social power. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork, Buff compares American Indian powwows in Minneapolis with the West Indian American Day Carnival in New York.

Carnival. --- Indians of North America. --- Indians of North America - Urban residence - Minnesota - Minneapolis. --- Powwows. --- Powwows-- Minnesota-- Minneapolis. --- West Indians. --- Powwows --- Indians of North America --- Carnival --- West Indians --- Immigrants --- Ethnic & Race Studies --- Gender & Ethnic Studies --- Social Sciences --- Emigrants --- Foreign-born population --- Foreign population --- Foreigners --- Migrants --- Persons --- Aliens --- Ethnology --- Fasnacht --- Fastnacht --- Mardi Gras (Festival) --- Pre-Lenten festivities --- Festivals --- Masks --- Shrove Tuesday --- American aborigines --- American Indians --- First Nations (North America) --- Indians of the United States --- Indigenous peoples --- Native Americans --- North American Indians --- Pow wows --- Urban residence --- Ethnic identity --- Social conditions --- Culture --- Rites and ceremonies --- Urban Indians --- Indians --- City dwellers