American Indian tribal governments
An illustrated introduction to traditional and contemporary Indian tribal government, its evolution and its current legal powers. O'Brien (government and international studies, University of Notre Dame) examines the structure and legal rights of modern tribal governments, and their relationship to federal and state governments. Drawing on interdisciplinary sources, she focuses on the struggle of Indian tribes and their governments to achieve freedom and self-determination in the face of efforts to dominate, exterminate or assimilate them
Print Book, English, ©1989
University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, ©1989
Civilization of the American Indian series, v. 192, [v. 192]
xviii, 349 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm.
9780806121994, 0806121998
19393785
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Traditional tribal governments
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A century of destruction
A century of confusion
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The Muscogee (Creek) Nation of Oklahoma
The Cheyenne River Sioux
The Isleta Pueblo
The Yakimas
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The tribal-federal relationship
Tribal-state relations
The future