Building a Nation : Chickasaw Museums and the Construction of History and Heritage.
The Chickasaw Nation, an American Indian nation headquartered in southeastern Oklahoma, entered into a period of substantial growth in the late 1980s. Following its successful reorganization and expansion, which was enabled by federal policies for tribal self-determination, the Nation pursued gaming...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Tuscaloosa :
University of Alabama Press,
2011.
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Colección: | Contemporary American Indian studies.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | The Chickasaw Nation, an American Indian nation headquartered in southeastern Oklahoma, entered into a period of substantial growth in the late 1980s. Following its successful reorganization and expansion, which was enabled by federal policies for tribal self-determination, the Nation pursued gaming and other industries to affect economic growth. From 1987 to 2009 the Nation's budget increased exponentially as tribal investments produced increasingly large revenues for a growing Chickasaw population. Coincident to this growth, the Chickasaw Nation began acquiring and creating museums an. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (222 pages) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9780817385620 0817385622 9780817317409 0817317406 |