Blood Struggle Pa

by Wilkinson,Charles

• ISBN13: 9780393328509
• ISBN10: 0393328503
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-05-17
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Summary

The inspirational story of the extraordinary gains by Indian tribes over the past half-century. "A stirring history of the tribal sovereignty movement."--Publishers Weekly For generations, Indian people suffered a grinding poverty and political and cultural suppression on the reservations. But tenacious and visionary tribal leaders refused to give in. They knew their rights and insisted that the treaties be honored. Against all odds, beginning shortly after World War II, they began to succeed. The modern tribal sovereignty movement deserves to be spoken of in the same breath as the civil rights, environmental, and women's movements. Charles Wilkinson recounts in colorful terms tribal victories in major legal conflicts in contemporary America: the Indian land claims in Maine and other eastern states, the "salmon wars" of the Pacific Northwest, and the establishment of tribal casinos as a way of making inroads into poverty. Blood Struggle explores how Indian tribes took their hard-earned sovereignty--their right to self-determination--and put it to work for Indian peoples and the perpetuation of Indian culture. Finally, this is the story of wrongs righted and noble ideals upheld. 30 illustrations, 20 maps.

Table of Contents

Introduction	ix
Part One: ABYSS
1. Indian Country: August 1953	3	(24)
2. The Deadening Years	27	(30)
3. Termination	57	(32)
Part Two: LAST STAND
4. The Making of a Movement	89	(24)
5. Leadership on the Reservations	113	(16)
6. Red Power	129	(21)
7. The Salmon People	150	(27)
Part Three: FOUNDATIONS for SELF-DETERMINATION
8. Turning Points	177	(29)
9. Reclaiming Heartlands	206	(35)
10. Sovereignty in Congress and the Courts	241	(30)
Part Four: REVIVING the HOMELANDS
11. Revitalizing Tribal Communities	271	(33)
12. Stewards of the Land	304	(25)
13. Casino Lights and the Quandary of Indian Economic Progress	329	(23)
14. Preserving the Old Ways	352	(31)
Coda: The OUTLOOK	383	(2)
Notes	385	(102)
Appendices
A: State and Federally Recognized Tribes	487	(11)
B: Largest Landholding Tribes	498	(1)
C: Most Populous Tribes	499	(2)
Acknowledgments	501	(6)
Index	507