Native Americans and Political Participation: A Reference Handbook

by Jerry D. Stubben

Overview

A remarkable rediscovery of Native American government, political participation, and political theory spanning 1,000 years.

Native Americans and Political Participation opens the door to a previously invisible subject in political science and American history. Presenting, for the first time, data from a Native American survey of more than 400 elected and appointed tribal officials collected over the past ten years, this watershed work infuses facts with personal opinions of 20th-century Native American tribal leaders.

Readers will learn how multitribe lobbying is funded by gambling revenues and meet key activists like the Means and Bellcourt brothers. Other topics covered include the National Congress of American Indians, the battle at Wounded Knee, and the American Indian Movement. Discussions of these and other events and organizations reveal the powerful ways in which American Indians are utilizing the political system to further their causes.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781576072622
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	11/07/2005
Series:	Political Participation in America
Pages:	360
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.81(d)

About the Author

Jerry D. Stubben, Ph.D., is a senior researcher at the Institute for Social and Behavioral Research at Iowa State University, Ames, IA.

Editorial Reviews

This volume adds to the literature that is available to the general reader and is welcomed. It should be in public and academic libraries.” —American Reference Books Annual

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