Political issues / Deborah Welch ; foreword by Walter Echo-Hawk ; introduction Paul Rosier.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Welch, Deborah, 1952-

Series:

Contemporary Native American issues

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians of North America--Politics and government.

Indians of North America.

Indians of North America--Government relations.

Indians of North America--Tribal citizenship.

Federally recognized Indian tribes--North America.

Federally recognized Indian tribes.

North America.

Physical Description:

xv, 135 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Chelsea House Publishers, [2006]

Summary:

Long before European explorers arrived in America, Indian bands, moieties, tribes, nations, and even confederacies were governing themselves and formulating political systems best suited to their environments and social needs. Native American sovereignty-the right to exist as nations within a nation-was first recognized in the U.S. Constitution and the Northwest Ordinance of 1787, and was later bolstered by the Supreme Court's 1831 Cherokee Nation v. Georgia decision, which recognized Native Americans as "domestic dependent nations." In 1975, after more than a century of policies aimed at acculturating Native Americans, Congress passed the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act, which was designed to return home rule to the nations and tribes. However, the federal government still retains plenary, or absolute, power over Native Americans, their lands, and resources.

Contents:

Early political development

Domestic dependent nations

Pan-Indianism

Tribal membership and governance

Tribal factionalism

Federal trustee status

Sovereignty versus the States

Sovereignty and self-determination.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 122-128) and index.

ISBN:

0791079724

OCLC:

58788876