Dismembered Native Disenrollment and the Battle for Human Rights / David E. Wilkins and Shelly Hulse Wilkins.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wilkins, David E. (David Eugene), 1954-

Contributor:

Wilkins, Shelly Hulse.

Series:

Indigenous confluences.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians of North America--Tribal citizenship.

Indians of North America.

Human rights--United States.

Human rights.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (225 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2017]

Summary:

While the number of federally recognized Native nations in the United States are increasing, the population figures for existing tribal nations are declining. This depopulation is not being perpetrated by the federal government, but by Native governments that are banishing, denying, or disenrolling Native citizens at an unprecedented rate. Since the 1990s, tribal belonging has become more of a privilege than a sacred right. Political and legal dismemberment has become a national phenomenon with nearly eighty Native nations, in at least twenty states, terminating the rights of indigenous citizens. The first comprehensive examination of the origins and significance of tribal disenrollment, "Dismembered" examines this disturbing trend, which often leaves the disenrolled tribal members with no recourse or appeal. At the center of the issue is how Native nations are defined today and who has the fundamental rights to belong. By looking at hundreds of tribal constitutions and talking with both disenrolled members and tribal officials, the authors demonstrate the damage this practice is having across Indian Country and ways to address the problem.

Contents:

Introduction

Banishment

Federal power and citizenship in Indian country

A new deal for native citizenship

Native self-determination

The dismembering explodes

Judicial interpretations of dismemberment

Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780295741598

0295741597

OCLC:

979417371