The Power of the Land: Identity, Ethnicity, and Class Among the Oglala Lakota

by Robertson,Paul

• ISBN13: 9780815335917
• ISBN10: 0815335911
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-11-30
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Power of the Landis the first in-depth look at the past 120 years of struggle over the Oglala Lakota land base on Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. An unholy alliance between the federal government and regional economic interests has led to progressive disenfranchisement of the majority of the Oglala people, and to the development of an ethnically distinct class of Oglala who control the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation land base. Understanding the resulting conflicts is key to understanding the reservation situation as a whole.

Table of Contents

Preface and Acknowledgements	ix
List of Maps and Plates	xiii
List of Tables and Figures	xv
Makoce Ta Wowasake: The Power of the Land	1	(10)
Roots of Ethnic Difference	11	(34)
Cattle, Grass, and Ethnic Conflict at the Grassroots	45	(38)
The Oglala Omniciye and the Struggle for the Land	83	(40)
Doing Their Patriotic Duty: The World War I Takeover of Oglala Lands	123	(42)
Representative Democracy and the Politics of Exclusion	165	(34)
Land and Power in the Era of the IRA	199	(42)
A Nation in Crisis, Poised for Change	241	(10)
Abbreviations Used in Footnotes	251	(2)
Bibliography	253	(16)
Index	269