Native Acts - Law, Recognition, and Cultural Authenticity

Informationen zum Autor Joanne Barker is Associate Professor of American Indian Studies at San Francisco State University. She is the editor of Sovereignty Matters: Locations of Contestation and Possibility in Indigenous Struggles for Self-Determination. Klappentext A study of controversies in Native American sovereignty and identity struggles. Zusammenfassung A passionate call for Native peoples to decolonize their own concepts and self-determination projects Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments vii Introductions 1 Part I: Recognition 1. Of the "Indian Tribe" 27 2. In Cherokee v. Delaware 41 Part II: Membership 3. Of the "Indian Member" 81 4. In Martinez v. Santa Clara (and Vice Versa) 98 5. In Disenrollment 146 Part III. Tradition 6. Of Marriage and Sexuality 189 7. Origins 217 Notes 229 Bibliography 249 Index 277

Product details

• Authors: Joanne Barker
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 09.09.2011
• EAN: 9780822348511
• ISBN: 978-0-8223-4851-1
• No. of pages: 296
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Folklore; Ethnic Issues, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / Native American Studies