American Indian Constitutional Reform and the Rebuilding of Native Nations /

American Indian Constitutional Reform and the Rebuilding of Native Nations / / ed. by Eric D. Lemont.

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Since 1975, when the U.S. government adopted a policy of self-determination for American Indian nations, a large number of the 562 federally recognized nations have seized the opportunity to govern themselves and determine their own economic, political, and cultural futures. As a first and crucial s...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Texas Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
MitwirkendeR:
Champagne, Duane,
Goldberg, Carole,
Haberfeld, Steven,
Kalt, Joseph,
Lemont, Eric,
Rusco, Elmer,
Thomas, Joseph,
Wilkins, David,
HerausgeberIn:
Lemont, Eric D.,
Place / Publishing House:Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021]
©2006
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (360 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • Part One
  • one Remaking Tribal Constitutions: Meeting the Challenges of Tradition, Colonialism, and Globalization
  • two Seasons of Change: Of Reforms, Melees, and Revolutions in Indian Country
  • three The Indian Reorganization Act and Indian Self-Government
  • Part Two
  • four Members Only: Designing Citizenship Requirements for Indian Nations
  • five My Grandma, Her People, Our Constitution
  • six Constitutional Rule and the Effective Governance of Native Nations
  • Part Three
  • seven Realizing Constitutional Change through Citizen Participation
  • eight The Process of Constitutional Reform
  • nine Overcoming the Politics of Reform: The Story of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma Constitution Convention
  • About the Contributors
  • Index

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