Choctaw nation : a story of American Indian resurgence /
Choctaw Nation is a story of tribal nation building in the modern era. Valerie Lambert treats nation-building projects as nothing new to the Choctaws of southeastern Oklahoma, who have responded to a number of hard-hitting assaults on Choctaw sovereignty and nationhood by rebuilding their tribal nat...
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Lincoln :
University of Nebraska Press,
[2007]
©2007 |
| Online Access: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=184872 |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- The journey has been long and hard : Choctaw culture, society, and history through 1970
- "Because we were proud to be Choctaw" : political mobilization and the reconstitution of the tribe
- "Tomorrow is the day you are chief" : leaders, citizens, and political groups in the 1995 election
- "The first of many good things to come from the tribe" : identity, race, and economic development in Kalichito Town
- "We don't believe that claim is valid" : Choctaw sovereignty assertions and the water-rights conflict of 2001
- Conclusion.