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Choctaw Nation : A Story of American Indian Resurgence
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lambert, Valerie.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Choctaw (North American people).
- Choctaw Indians--History.
- Government relations.
- History.
- Social life and customs.
- Choctaw Indians.
- Choctaw Indians--Social life and customs.
- Choctaw Indians--Government relations.
- Baseball--History--Taiwan.
- Baseball.
- Baseball players--History--Taiwan.
- Baseball players.
- Southern States--History.
- Southern States.
- Southern States--Social life and customs.
- Local Subjects:
- Choctaw (North American people).
- Choctaw Indians--History.
- Government relations.
- History.
- Social life and customs.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (318 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Choctaw Nation is a story of tribal nation building in the modern era. Valerie Lambert treats nation-building projects as nothing new to the Choctaws of southeastern Oklahoma, who have responded to a number of hard-hitting assaults on Choctaw sovereignty and nationhood by rebuilding their tribal nation.
- Contents:
- Contents; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction; 2. The Journey Has Been Long and Hard: Chocktaw Culture, Society, and History through 1970; 3. "Because We Were Proud to Be Chocktaw"": Political Mobilization and the REconstitution of the Tribe; 4. "Tomorrow Is the Day YOU Are Chief"": Leaders, Citizens, and Political Groups in the 1995 Election; 5. "The First of Many Good Things to Come from the Tribe"": Identity, Race, and Economic Development in Kalichito Town; 6. "We Don't Believe That Claim Is Valid"": Chocktaw Sovereignty Assertions and the Water-Rights Conflict of 2001; 7. Conclusion; Notes
- Works CitedIndex
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- ISBN:
- 1-280-82375-5
- 9786610823758
- 0-8032-0668-2
- OCLC:
- 476035968
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