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Recognition odysseys : indigeneity, race, and federal tribal recognition policy in three Louisiana Indian communities /

Examines the experiences of three Indian groups in Louisiana to analyze how federal recognition policy in the 20th century draws on and contributes to racial thinking, looking at anti-Black racism in Native communities and linking analyses of decolonizati.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Klopotek, Brian, 1972-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Durham, NC : Duke University Press, 2011.
Series:Narrating native histories.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The origins of federal acknowledgment policy
  • The Tunica-Biloxi tribe's early recognition efforts
  • Tunica activism from the termination era to the self-determination era
  • Treasures : Tunica-Biloxi in the federal recognition era
  • Tribal enterprise and tribal life
  • Jena Choctaws under Jim Crow and outside the federal purview
  • Jena Choctaw persistence from the Second World War to recognition
  • Jena Choctaw recognition
  • On the outside, looking in : Clifton-Choctaws, race, and federal acknowledgment.