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

Power of the Land is 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.

List of contents

Preface and Acknowledgements List of Maps and Plates List of Tables and Figures Chapter 1: Makoce Ta Wowasake : The Power of the Land Chapter 2: Roots of Ethnic Difference Chapter 3: Cattle, Grass, and Ethnic Conflict at the Grassroots Chapter 4: The Oglala Omniciye and the Struggle for the Land Chapter 5: Doing Their Patriotic Duty: The World War I Takeover of Oglala Lands Chapter 6: Representative Democracy and the Politics of Exclusion Chapter 7: Land and Power in the Era of the IRA Chapter 8: A Nation in Crisis, Poised for Change Abbreviations Used in Footnotes References Cited

About the author

Paul Robertson has lived on Pine Ridge Indian Reservation since 1980. He is the current Chair of the Human Development and Social Justice Department at Oglala Lakota College.

Summary

This book is 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.

Product details

• Authors: Paul Robertson
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2001
• EAN: 9780815335917
• ISBN: 978-0-8153-3591-7
• No. of pages: 300
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 720 g
• Series: Native Americans: Interdisciplinary Perspectives
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; South Dakota, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, 20th Century, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Indigenous Peoples, Social and cultural history, Land Rights, History of the Americas, Human rights, civil rights, Relating to Native American people, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Native American Studies, HISTORY / Indigenous / General