Monthly Catalogue, United States Public Documents

Monthly Catalogue, United States Public Documents

Author: United States. Superintendent of Documents

Publisher:

Published: 1932

Total Pages: 1290

ISBN-13:

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February issue includes Appendix entitled Directory of United States Government periodicals and subscription publications; September issue includes List of depository libraries; June and December issues include semiannual index


Sovereignty for Survival

Sovereignty for Survival

Author: James Robert Allison

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 2015-10-20

Total Pages: 257

ISBN-13: 0300216211

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In the years following World War II many multi-national energy firms, bolstered by outdated U.S. federal laws, turned their attention to the abundant resources buried beneath Native American reservations. By the 1970s, however, a coalition of Native Americans in the Northern Plains had successfully blocked the efforts of powerful energy corporations to develop coal reserves on sovereign Indian land. This challenge to corporate and federal authorities, initiated by the Crow and Northern Cheyenne nations, changed the laws of the land to expand Native American sovereignty while simultaneously reshaping Native identities and Indian Country itself. James Allison makes an important contribution to ethnic, environmental, and energy studies with this unique exploration of the influence of America’s indigenous peoples on energy policy and development. Allison’s fascinating history documents how certain federally supported, often environmentally damaging, energy projects were perceived by American Indians as potentially disruptive to indigenous lifeways. These perceived threats sparked a pan-tribal resistance movement that ultimately increased Native American autonomy over reservation lands and enabled an unprecedented boom in tribal entrepreneurship. At the same time, the author demonstrates how this movement generated great controversy within Native American communities, inspiring intense debates over culturally authentic forms of indigenous governance and the proper management of tribal lands.


Lewis and Clark Among the Indians (Bicentennial Edition)

Lewis and Clark Among the Indians (Bicentennial Edition)

Author: James P. Ronda

Publisher: U of Nebraska Press

Published: 2014-04-01

Total Pages: 325

ISBN-13: 0803290195

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Particularly valuable for Ronda's inclusion of pertinent background information about the various tribes and for his ethnological analysis. An appendix also places the Sacagawea myth in its proper perspective. Gracefully written, the book bridges the gap between academic and general audiences.OCo"Choice""