Beyond Red Power: American Indian Politics and Activism since 1900 (School for Advanced Research Global Indigenous Politics) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1930618867 ISBN 13: 9781930618862

Verlag: School of American Research Press,U.S., 2007

Inhaltsangabe

Book by Daniel M Cobb Loretta Fowler

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"We are woefully short of books that effectively convey the depth and diversity of Native American political life in the twentieth and twenty-first century, and scholars will welcome this volume...." -- Colin G. Calloway

Reseña del editor

How do we explain not just the survival of Indian people in the United States against very long odds but their growing visibility and political power at the opening of the twenty-first century? Within this one story of indigenous persistence are many stories of local, regional, national, and international activism that require a nuanced understanding of what it means to be an activist or to act in politically purposeful ways. Even the nearly universal demand for sovereignty encompasses multiple definitions that derive from factors both external and internal to Indian communities. Struggles over the form and membership of tribal governments, fishing rights, dances, casinos, language revitalization, and government recognition constitute arenas in which Indians and their non-Indian allies ensure the survival of tribal community and sovereignty. Whether contesting termination locally, demanding reparations for stolen lands in the federal courts, or placing their case for decolonization in a global context, American Indians use institutions and political rhetorics that they did not necessarily create to their own ends.

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• Verlag: School of American Research Press,U.S.
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1930618867
• ISBN 13: 9781930618862
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 368
• Herausgeber: Cobb Daniel M., Fowler Loretta