Ruling Pine Ridge : Oglala Lakota politics from the IRA to Wounded Knee / Akim D. Reinhardt ; foreword by Clara Sue Kidwell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Reinhardt, Akim D.

Series:

Plains histories

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Pine Ridge Agency.

Oglala Indians--South Dakota--Pine Ridge Indian Reservation--Government relations.

Oglala Indians.

Oglala Indians--South Dakota--Pine Ridge Indian Reservation--Politics and government--20th century.

History.

Politics and government.

Pine Ridge Indian Reservation (S.D.)--History--20th century.

Pine Ridge Indian Reservation (S.D.).

United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Pine Ridge Agency--History--20th century.

United States.

South Dakota--Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.

Physical Description:

xxviii, 274 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Lubbock : Texas Tech University Press, [2007]

Contents:

Part I 1934-1946

1 Introduction: Hopscotching the Past 3

2 Indirect Colonialism: The Indian Reorganization Act 19

3 "Any Reasonable Request...": Office of Indian Affairs Political Power During the Early Oglala Sioux Tribal Council Era 42

4 "Detrimental For The Best Interests Of The Sioux People": The First Ten Years of the Oglala Sioux Tribal Council 77

Part II 1970-1973

5 The Next Wilson: The Transition from Gerald One Feather to Dick Wilson 113

6 Full Force Gale: Oglala Politics and the American Indian Movement 139

7 "That Great Symbolic Act": The Siege of Wounded Knee as a Grassroots Political Protest 164

8 Conclusion: Connecting the Part 189

Appendix A Preambles of the Constitution of the Oglala Sioux Tribe, 1921 and 1936 217

Appendix B Members of the Oglala Sioux Tribal Council, 1936 218

Appendix C Members of the Oglala Sioux Tribal Council, April 1972 219

Appendix D Presidents of the Oglala Sioux Tribe, 1936-2006 220.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-265) and index.

ISBN:

0896726010

9780896726017

OCLC:

71004236