Klopotek / Lomawaima / Mallon Recognition Odysseys

Indigeneity, Race, and Federal Tribal Recognition Policy in Three Louisiana Indian Communities
1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-0-8223-9408-2
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 416 Seiten

Reihe: Narrating native histories

Compares the experiences of three central Louisiana Indian tribes with federal tribal recognition policy to illuminate the complex relationship between recognition policy and American Indian racial and tribal identities.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Klopotek, Brian

Lomawaima, K. Tsianina

Mallon, Florencia E.

Ramos, Alcida Rita

Rappaport, Joanne

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Indigene Völker
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

About the Series vii

Acknowledgments ix

Introduction 1

1. The Origins of Federal Acknowledgment Policy 19

2. The Tunica-Biloxi Tribe's Early Recognition Efforts 41

3. Tunica Activism from the Termination Era to the Self-Determination Era 61

4. Treasures: Tunica-Biloxis in the Federal Recognition Era 83

5. Tribal Enterprise and Tribal Life 97

6. Jena Choctaws under Jim Crow and outside the Federal Purview 127

7. Jena Choctaw Persistence from the Second World War to Recognition 147

8. Jena Choctaw Recognition 165

9. On the Outside, Looking In: Clifton-Choctaws, Race, and Federal Acknowledgment 197

10. Conclusions and Implications 239

Appendix 273

Notes 275

Bibliography 351

Index 375

Über Autor(innen)

Brian Klopotek is Associate Professor of Ethnic Studies at the University of Oregon.