Claiming Tribal Identity The Five Tribes and the Politics of Federal Acknowledgment |
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| Author:
| Miller, Mark Edwin |
| Foreword by:
| Smith, Chad Corntassel |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8061-4378-1 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 2013 |
| Publisher: | University of Oklahoma Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $29.95 |
Book Description:
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Who counts as an American Indian? Which groups qualify as Indian tribes? These questions have become increasingly complex in the past several decades, and federal legislation and the rise of tribal-owned casinos have raised the stakes in the ongoing debate. In this study, Mark Edwin Miller describes how and why dozens of previously unrecognized tribal groups in the southeastern states have sought, and sometimes won, recognition, often to the dismay of the Five Tribes--the...
More DescriptionWho counts as an American Indian? Which groups qualify as Indian tribes? These questions have become increasingly complex in the past several decades, and federal legislation and the rise of tribal-owned casinos have raised the stakes in the ongoing debate. In this study, Mark Edwin Miller describes how and why dozens of previously unrecognized tribal groups in the southeastern states have sought, and sometimes won, recognition, often to the dismay of the Five Tribes--the Cherokees, Chickasaws, Choctaws, Creeks, and Seminoles.