News Media and the Indigenous Fight for Federal Recognition

Federal recognition enables tribes to govern themselves and make decisions for their citizens that have the power to retain their cultures. This book examines how news coverage has prioritized gaming over sovereignty and interfered in tribes' ability to be federally recognized.

List of contents

Preface: A Story
Acknowledgments
Chapter One: Federal Recognition, Jim Crow, and the News Media
Chapter Two: Who is Indian and Who Decides?
Chapter Three: Federal Recognition and White Supremacy
Chapter Four: Hegemony, Framing, and Agenda-Setting in Indian Country
Chapter Five: Indigenous Standpoint Theory and News Coverage
Chapter Six: History of News Coverage of Federal Recognition
Chapter Seven: Forty Years of News Coverage of Federal Recognition
Chapter Eight: Coverage of the Federal Recognition of Virginia Tribes
Chapter Nine: Indigenous News Coverage of Federal Recognition
Chapter Ten: Perspectives from Native Journalists and Legal Experts on Covering Federal
Recognition: Indigenous Standpoint Theory in Action
Chapter Eleven: Federal Recognition Does Not Equate to Casinos
Chapter Twelve: Indigenous Standpoint Journalism for Non-Indigenous Journalists
Epilogue: A Final Story Federal Recognition and COVID-19 and Casinos
Appendices
Bibliography
Index
About the Author

About the author

Cristina Azocar is professor of journalism at San Francisco State University.

Product details

• Authors: Cristina Azocar
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2022
• EAN: 9781793640390
• ISBN: 978-1-79364-039-0
• No. of pages: 172
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > General, dictionaries; Media Studies, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Journalism, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication Studies, Press & journalism, Relating to indigenous peoples, Communication Studies, News media and journalism, Media studies: Journalism