American Indians and U.S. politics : a companion reader /
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| Imprint: | Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2002. |
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| Description: | xii, 206 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4617053 |
Table of Contents:
- Foreword
- Introduction
- I.. Constitution
- A Peculiar Covenant: American Indian Peoples and the U.S. Constitution
- II.. Political Ideals, Traditions, Culture
- Native American Political Traditions
- III.. Federalism
- Tribal Governments
- IV.. Citizenship and Political Participation
- "Neither Fish, Flesh, Fowl, nor Good Red Herring": The Citizenship Status of American Indians, 1830-1924
- V.. Civil Liberties
- Freedom, Law, and Prophecy: A Brief History of Native American Religious Resistance
- VI.. Groups and Interests
- The New Indian Politics
- VII.. Campaigns and Elections
- Passing California's Proposition 5: The Inside Story of How the Indian Gaming Initiative Won Despite Big-Time Opposition
- VIII.. Congress
- Bury My Heart in Committee
- IX.. Presidency
- Ronald Reagan's Indian Policy in Retrospect: Economic Crisis and Political Irony
- X.. Bureaucracy
- Lost Tribes: Native Americans and Government Anthropologists Feud Over Indian Identity
- Let the Healing Begin: Asking for the Forgiveness of the Native Americans
- XI.. Court System
- "Watch Your Six": An Indian Nation Judge's View of 25 Years of Indian Law, Where We Are, and Where We Are Going
- The U.S. Supreme Court's Explication of "Federal Plenary Power": An Analysis of Case Law Affecting Tribal Sovereignty, 1886-1914
- XII.. Policy Issues
- Triangulated Power and the Environment: Tribes, the Federal Government, and the States
- For Further Reading
- Index
- About the Editor and Contributors
