| Description |
xii, 206 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [195]-196) and index. |
| Contents |
A peculiar covenant: American Indian peoples and the U.S. Constitution / JeDon A. Emenhiser -- Native American political traditions / Taiaiake Alfred -- Tribal governments / Sharon O'Brien -- "Neither fish, flesh, fowl, nor good red herring": the citizenship status of American Indians, 1830-1924 / Jill E. Martin -- Freedom, law, and prophecy: a brief history of Native American religious resistance / Lee Irwin -- The new Indian politics / Stephen Cornell -- Passing California's proposition 5: the inside story of how the Indian gaming initiative won despite big-time opposition / Richard Maullin -- Bury my heart in committee / David Van Biema -- Ronald Reagan's Indian policy in retrospect: economic crisis and political irony / Samuel R. Cook -- Lost tribes: Native Americans and government anthropologists feud over Indian identity / Peter Beinart -- Let the healing begin: asking for the forgiveness of the Native Americans / Kevin Gover -- "Watch your six": an Indian Nation judge's view of 25 years of Indian law, where we are, and where we are going / Robert Yazzie -- The U.S. Supreme Court's explication of "federal plenary power": an analysis of case law affecting tribal sovereignty, 1886-1914 / David E. Wilkins -- Triangulated power and the environment: tribes, the federal government, and the states / Jace Weaver. |
| Subject |
Indians of North America -- Government relations.
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| Local Subject |
Indigenous peoples -- North America -- Government relations.
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| Subject |
Indians of North America -- Politics and government.
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| Local Subject |
Indigenous peoples -- North America -- Politics and government.
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| Added Author |
Meyer, John M.
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| ISBN |
027597264X alkaline paper |
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027597278X paperback alkaline paper |
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