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Choctaw nation : a story of American Indian resurgence /

Choctaw Nation is a story of tribal nation building in the modern era. Valerie Lambert treats nation-building projects as nothing new to the Choctaws of southeastern Oklahoma, who have responded to a number of hard-hitting assaults on Choctaw sovereignty and nationhood by rebuilding their tribal nat...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lambert, Valerie
Formato: Documento de Gobierno Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2007]
©2007
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • The journey has been long and hard : Choctaw culture, society, and history through 1970
  • "Because we were proud to be Choctaw" : political mobilization and the reconstitution of the tribe
  • "Tomorrow is the day you are chief" : leaders, citizens, and political groups in the 1995 election
  • "The first of many good things to come from the tribe" : identity, race, and economic development in Kalichito Town
  • "We don't believe that claim is valid" : Choctaw sovereignty assertions and the water-rights conflict of 2001
  • Conclusion.