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Basket Diplomacy : Leadership, Alliance-Building, and Resilience among the Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana, 1884-1984 /

"Basket Diplomacy reveals how the Coushatta people made the Bayou Blue settlement their home by embedding themselves into the area's cultural, economic, and political domains"--

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bates, Denise E. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2020]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1. "Don't Forget Your Gumbo Bowl": Building a Life at Bayou Blue
  • Chapter 2. Refusing To Be Overlooked: Tribal Leadership and the Introduction of Federal Indian Services, 1913-1951
  • Chapter 3. Abandoned, Not Terminated: The Aftermath and Response to the Unilateral Withdrawal of Federal Services, 1951-1962
  • Chapter 4. Poor, But Not Hopeless: Relentless Advocacy Efforts and the Opening of the First Tribal Enterprise, 1962-1969
  • Chapter 5. An Unusual Road to Recognition: Uncovering Administrative Oversights and Drawing Louisiana into Indian Affairs, 1969-1973
  • Chapter 6. Controlling the Conversation: Reshaping the Narrative and Building a Tribal Nation, 1973-1984- Epilogue / by David Sickey.