Indian resilience and rebuilding : indigenous nations in the modern American west / Donald L. Fixico.
"This illuminating and comprehensive analysis of Native nation's resilience in the twentieth century demonstrates how Native Americans reinvented themselves, rebuilt their nations, and ultimately became major forces in the United States. Written by Donald L. Fixico, Indian Resilience and R...
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| Language: | English |
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The University of Arizona Press,
[2013]
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| Series: | Modern American West.
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Table of Contents:
- ""Contents""; ""List of Illustrations""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction. Rebuilding Nations and the Indian Problem: Why Does It Matter?""; ""Part I. Resilience""; ""1. Reservation Life and Land Allotments: Adaptation to New Homelands""; ""2. Missionaries and Boarding Schools: Education as a Tool""; ""3. The Indian New Deal and Tribal Governments: Flexibility of Adaptation""; ""4. Relocation and Urban Indian Communities: Navigating Cultural Systems""; ""Part II. Rebuilding""; ""5. Red Power Activism, the American Indian Movement, and Wounded Knee: The Rise of Modern Indian Leadership""
- ""6. Political Economy and Tribal Natural Resources: Resource Management""""7. Indian Gaming in the West: Indian Entrepreneurship and Modern Political Economy""; ""8. Sacred Land Returns and Repatriation: Power of Federal Indian Law""; ""Conclusion. Resilience, Rebuilding Nations, and Problem Solved: It Does Matter""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""