Sovereignty for Survival : American Energy Development and Indian Self-Determination / James Robert Allison.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Allison, James Robert, Author.

Series:

Lamar series in western history.

The Lamar Series in Western History

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians of North America--Land tenure.

Indians of North America.

Indians of North America--Government relations.

Energy development--United States.

Energy development.

Natural resources--United States.

Natural resources.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (257 p.)

Place of Publication:

New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, [2015]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In the years following World War II many multi-national energy firms, bolstered by outdated U.S. federal laws, turned their attention to the abundant resources buried beneath Native American reservations. By the 1970s, however, a coalition of Native Americans in the Northern Plains had successfully blocked the efforts of powerful energy corporations to develop coal reserves on sovereign Indian land. This challenge to corporate and federal authorities, initiated by the Crow and Northern Cheyenne nations, changed the laws of the land to expand Native American sovereignty while simultaneously reshaping Native identities and Indian Country itself. James Allison makes an important contribution to ethnic, environmental, and energy studies with this unique exploration of the influence of America's indigenous peoples on energy policy and development. Allison's fascinating history documents how certain federally supported, often environmentally damaging, energy projects were perceived by American Indians as potentially disruptive to indigenous lifeways. These perceived threats sparked a pan-tribal resistance movement that ultimately increased Native American autonomy over reservation lands and enabled an unprecedented boom in tribal entrepreneurship. At the same time, the author demonstrates how this movement generated great controversy within Native American communities, inspiring intense debates over culturally authentic forms of indigenous governance and the proper management of tribal lands.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

I. CONSTRUCTING BAD DEALS

Prologue

1. The Tribal Leasing Regime

2. Postwar Energy Demands and the Southwestern Experience

3. "The Best Situation in Their History"

2. LOCAL RESISTANCE

4. "The Most Important Tribe in America"

5. Determining the Self

3. THE NATIONAL CAMPAIGN

6. Taking the Fight National

7. Recognizing Tribal Sovereignty

Epilogue: New Era, Similar Results

Notes

Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Feb 2020)

ISBN:

0-300-21621-1

OCLC:

922581405