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Author Lambert, Valerie, author.

Title Native agency : Indians in the Bureau of Indian Affairs / Valerie Lambert.

Publication Info. Minneapolis, MN : University of Minnesota Press, [2022]

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 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  305.897 LAMBERT    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  305.897 LAMBERT    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Wilson Branch - Adult Department  305.897 LA    Check Shelf
Description xxii, 350 pages ; 22 cm.
Series Indigenous Americas
Indigenous Americas.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction. The Native agency -- 1. The history of the BIA : from the Department of War to the second Indian take-over -- 2. Indigenous perspectives : a new paradigm for federal-Indian relations -- 3. Indians at the top : powered by conviction, vision, and grit -- 4. Upper-level officials : fighting for justice for Indian people -- 5. The resolute rank and file : implementing an Indian agenda -- 6. The Indian employees in field operations : navigating Indian Country from all directions -- Conclusion. Leveraging federal power and advancing Indian interests.
Summary "This work provides an essential national-level look at an intriguing and impactful form of Indigenous resistance. It describes, in great detail, the continuing assaults made on Native peoples and tribal sovereignty in the United States during the twenty-first century, and it sketches the visions of the future that Indians at the BIA and in Indian Country have been crafting for themselves"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Indians of North America -- Government relations.
Indians of North America -- Government relations. (OCoLC)fst00969761
Local Subject Indigenous peoples -- North America -- Government relations.
Subject Employees. (OCoLC)fst00909111
United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs -- History.
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Subject United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs -- Officials and employees.
United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs. (OCoLC)fst00534283
Other Form: Online version: Lambert, Valerie, 1966- Native agency Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2022] 9781452968223 (DLC) 2022039120
ISBN 9781517914530 (paperback)
1517914531 (paperback)
9781517914523 (hardcover)
1517914523 (hardcover)
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