Beyond red power : American Indian politics and activism since 1900 edited by Daniel M. Cobb and Loretta Fowler

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cobb, Daniel M.

Fowler, Loretta, 1944-

Series:

School for Advanced Research global indigenous politics series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians of North America--Politics and government.

Indians of North America.

Indians of North America--Civil rights.

Indian activists--United States.

Indian activists.

Political participation--United States.

Political participation.

Red Power movement--United States.

Red Power movement.

Social movements--United States.

Social movements.

Self-determination, National--United States.

Self-determination, National.

United States--Social policy.

United States.

United States--Race relations.

United States--Politics and government.

Physical Description:

xx, 347 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Santa Fe, N.M. : School for Advanced Research, 2007.

Summary:

How do we explain not just the survival of Indian people in the United States against very long odds but their growing visibility and political power at the opening of the twenty-first century? Within this one story of indigenous persistence are many stories of local, regional, national, and international activism that require a nuanced understanding of what it means to be an activist or to act in politically purposeful ways. Even the nearly universal demand for sovereignty encompasses multiple definitions that derive from factors both external and internal to Indian communities. Struggles over the form and membership of tribal governments, fishing rights, dances, casinos, language revitalization, and government recognition constitute arenas in which Indians and their non-Indian allies ensure the survival of tribal community and sovereignty. Whether contesting termination locally, demanding reparations for stolen lands in the federal courts, or placing their case for decolonization in a global context, American Indians use institutions and political rhetorics that they did not necessarily create to their own ends.

Contents:

Witness to change : fifty years of Indian activism and tribal politics / Donald L. Fixico

Missing the point : academic experts and American Indian politics / Frederick E. Hoxie

Foundations of federal Indian law and its application in the twentieth century / Taiawagi Helton and Lindsay G. Robertson

At the headwaters of a twentieth-century "Indian" political agenda : rethinking the origins of the Society of American Indians / D. Anthony Tyeeme Clark

Citizenship of dance : politics of music among the Lakota, 1900-1924 / John Troutman

"In a name of justice and fairness" : the Mississippi Choctaw Indian Federation versus the BIA, 1934 / Katherine M.B. Osburn

Terminating the Choctaws / Clara Sue Kidwell

Indians, the counterculture, and the New Left / Sherry L. Smith

Talking the language of the larger world : politics in Cold War (Native) America / Daniel M. Cobb

In the arena : an expert witness view of the Indian Claims Commission / Helen Hornbeck Tanner

Tribal sovereignty movements compared : the Plains region / Loretta Fowler

States of sovereignty : race shifting, recognition, and rights in Cherokee country / Circe Sturm

Tribal courts and tribal states in the era of self-determination : an Ojibwe case study / Larry Nesper

Florida Seminole gaming and local sovereign interdependency / Jessica Cattelino

Miami Indian language and cultural research at Miami University / Daryl Baldwin and Julie Olds

Conclusio : Education, art, and activism / Della C. Warrior.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 306-333) and index.

Local Notes:

Indian Rights Association Complimentary Collection.

Other Format:

Online version: Beyond red power.

ISBN:

9781930618862

1930618867

OCLC:

137331389

Online:

The Class of 1939 Fund Home Page