Tribal Worlds

Brian Hosmer holds the H. G. Barnard Chair of Western American History at the University of Tulsa. He is the author of American Indians in the Marketplace: Persistence and Innovation among the Menominees and Metlakatlans, 1870–1920; the editor of Native Americans and the Legacy of Harry S. Truman; and the coeditor (with Colleen O'Neill) of Native Pathways: American Indian Culture and Economic Development in the Twentieth Century. Larry Nesper is Professor of Anthropology and American Indian Studies at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and the author of The Walleye War: The Struggle for Ojibwe Spearfishing and Treaty Rights.

"… [a] timely collection of essays … The study of nationhood, nationalism, and the nation-state in the hands of indigenous scholars challenges established meanings and interpretations. This volume, and the insight of both editors, is evidence of those vigorous endeavors." — Michigan Historical Review"The editors provide an excellent introduction to the field of Indigenous nation building as well as a clear overview to this collection of intriguing essays … Highly recommended." — CHOICE"With its compelling mix of themes and scholars, this book adds considerable breadth and depth to our understanding of issues related to Native American sovereignty in the United States and Canada." — Michael E. Harkin, coeditor of Native Americans and the Environment: Perspectives on the Ecological Indian

• AcknowledgmentsLocation of Indian Communities Discussed in this VolumeIntroductionBrian Hosmer and Larry NesperPart I. Definitions 1. Tuscarora Political DomainsAnthony F. C. Wallace2. ‘To Renew Our Fire’: Political Activism, Nationalism, and Identity in Three Rotinonhsionni CommunitiesGerald Reid3. Kinship as an Assertion of Sovereign Native NationhoodChristina Gish Hill4. Marked by Fire: Anishinaabe Articulations of Nationhood in Treaty-Making with the United States and CanadaHeidi Kiiwetinepinesiik Stark5. Imagining Un-Imagined Communities: The Politics of Indigenous NationalismSebastian F. BraunPart II. Manifestations 6. Articulating Traditional Future: Makah Sealers and Whalers, 1880–1999Joshua L. Reid7. Beyond Folklore: Historical Writing and Treaty Rights Activism in the Bad River WPAChantal Norrgard8. Anishinaabe Gathering Rights and Market Arts: The WPA Indian Handicraft Project in MichiganAdriana Greci Green 9. We Worked and Made Beautiful Things: Kiowa Women, Material Culture, and Peoplehood, 1900–1939Jenny Tone-Pah-HoteConsolidated BibliographyContributors Biographies