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Forgotten tribes : unrecognized Indians and the federal acknowledgment process / Mark Edwin Miller.

Miller, Mark Edwin, 1966- (Author).

Summary:

Publisher description: The Federal Acknowledgment Process (FAP) is one of the most important and contentious issues facing Native Americans today. A complicated system of criteria and procedures, the FAP is utilized by federal officials to determine whether a Native community qualifies for federal recognition by the United States government. In Forgotten Tribes, Mark Edwin Miller offers a balanced and detailed look at the origins, procedures, and assumptions governing the FAP. His work examines the FAP through the prism of four previously unrecognized tribal communities and their battles to gain indigenous rights under federal law. Based on a wealth of interviews and original research, Forgotten Tribes features the first in-depth history and overview of the FAP and sheds light on this controversial Native identification policy involving state power over Native peoples and tribal sovereignty.

Record details

ISBN: 0803232268 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN: 9780803232266 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Physical Description: viii, 355 pages : map ; 24 cm.
Publisher: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, c2004.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [323]-346) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Adrift with the Indian Office : the historical development of tribal acknowledgment policy, 1776-1978 -- Building an edifice : the BIA's federal acknowledgment process, 1978-2002 -- Bypassing the bureau : the Pascua Yaquis' quest for legislative tribal recognition -- Sometimes salvation : the Death Valley Timbisha Shoshones of California and the BIA's federal acknowledgment process -- A matter of visibility : the United Houma Nation's struggle for tribal acknowledgment -- From playing Indian to playing slots : gaming, recognition, and the Tiguas of El Paso, Texas.