Recognition Odysseys - Indigeneity, Race, Federal Tribal Recognition Policy in Three

Informationen zum Autor Brian Klopotek Klappentext Examines the experiences of three Indian groups in Louisiana to analyze how federal recognition policy in the 20th century draws on and contributes to racial thinking, looking at anti-Black racism in Native communities and linking analyses of decolonizati Zusammenfassung Compares the experiences of three central Louisiana Indian tribes with federal tribal recognition policy to illuminate the complex relationship between recognition policy and American Indian racial and tribal identities. Inhaltsverzeichnis About the Series vii Acknowledgments ix Introduction 1 1. The Origins of Federal Acknowledgment Policy 19 2. The Tunica-Biloxi Tribe's Early Recognition Efforts 41 3. Tunica Activism from the Termination Era to the Self-Determination Era 61 4. Treasures: Tunica-Biloxis in the Federal Recognition Era 83 5. Tribal Enterprise and Tribal Life 97 6. Jena Choctaws under Jim Crow and outside the Federal Purview 127 7. Jena Choctaw Persistence from the Second World War to Recognition 147 8. Jena Choctaw Recognition 165 9. On the Outside, Looking In: Clifton-Choctaws, Race, and Federal Acknowledgment 197 10. Conclusions and Implications 239 Appendix 273 Notes 275 Bibliography 351 Index 375

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Brian Klopotek
• Verlag: Duke University Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 30.03.2011
• EAN: 9780822349846
• ISBN: 978-0-8223-4984-6
• Seiten: 404
• Serien: Narrating Native Histories; Narrating Native Histories
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Regional- und Ländergeschichte; Sachbuch > Geschichte > Sonstiges; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Ethnologie > Volkskunde