This book contains sixteen well-written chapters by anthropologists, historians, legal authorities, and Native American leaders. These narratives provide multifaceted perspectives on how Indians, since 1900, have used political activism, other than the militancy of the American Indian Movement, to ensure their survival. Part one deals with contexts for writing a new American Indian political history. Part two shows the encounters between Natives and newcomers that began during the colonial era have continued to the present. Part three provides case studies of contemporary Indian sovereignty in action. [This book] is a path breaking effort to better understand the complex origins and functioning of modern tribal sovereignty and self-determination. --Kenneth Philip, Western Historical Quarterly

This book contains sixteen well-written chapters by anthropologists, historians, legal authorities, and Native American leaders. These narratives provide multifaceted perspectives on how Indians, since 1900, have used political activism, other than the militancy of the American Indian Movement, to ensure their survival. Part one deals with contexts for writing a new American Indian political history. Part two shows the encounters between Natives and newcomers that began during the colonial era have continued to the present. Part three provides case studies of contemporary Indian sovereignty in action. [This book] is a path breaking effort to better understand the complex origins and functioning of modern tribal sovereignty and self-determination. --Kenneth Philip, Western Historical Quarterly

This book contains sixteen well-written chapters by anthropologists, historians, legal authorities, and Native American leaders. These narratives provide multifaceted perspectives on how Indians, since 1900, have used political activism, other than the militancy of the American Indian Movement, to ensure their survival. Part one deals with contexts for writing a new American Indian political history. Part two shows the encounters between Natives and newcomers that began during the colonial era have continued to the present. Part three provides case studies of contemporary Indian sovereignty in action. [This book] is a path breaking effort to better understand the complex origins and functioning of modern tribal sovereignty and self-determination. --Kenneth Philip, Western Historical Quarterly