Beyond Red Power

by Cobb, Daniel M.

• ISBN13: 9781930618862
• ISBN10: 1930618867
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-12-30
• Publisher: School for Advanced Research/Sar pr

Summary

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.

Table of Contents

Contexts	p. 1
Witness to Change: Fifty Years of Indian Activism and Tribal Politics	p. 2
Missing the Point: Academic Experts and American Indian Politics	p. 16
The Foundations of Federal Indian Law and Us Application in the Twentieth Century	p. 33
Continuing Encounters: Historical Perspectives	p. 57
At the Headwaters of a Twentieth-Century "Indian" Political Agenda: Rethinking the Origins of the Society of American Indians	p. 70
The Citizenship of Dance: Politics of Music among the Lakota, 1900-1924	p. 91
"In a name of justice and fairness": The Mississippi Choctaw Indian Federation versus the BIA, 1934	p. 109
Terminating the Choctaws	p. 126
Indians, the Counterculture, and the New Left	p. 142
Talking the Language of the Larger World: Politics in Cold War (Native) America	p. 161
In the Arena: An Expert Witness View of the Indian Claims Commission	p. 178
Sovereignty in Action: Contemporary Perspectives	p. 201
Tribal Sovereignty Movements Compared: The Plains Region	p. 209
States of Sovereignty: Race Shifting, Recognition, and Rights in Cherokee Country	p. 228
Tribal Courts and Tribal States in the Era of Self-Determination: An Ojibwe Case Study	p. 243
Florida Seminole Gaming and Local Sovereign Interdependency	p. 262
Miami Indian Language and Cultural Research at Miami University	p. 280
Conclusion: Education, Art, and Activism	p. 291
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