The invasion of Indian country in the twentieth century : American capitalism and tribal natural resources

Fixico, Donald Lee 1951- (Author).

Summary: The struggle between Indians and whites for land did not end on the battlefields in the 1880s. When this hostile era closed with Native Americans forced onto reservations, no one expected that rich natural resources lay beneath these lands that white America would desperately desire. Yet oil, timber, fish, coal, water, and other resources were discovered to be in great demand in the mainstream market, and a new war began with Indian tribes and their leaders trying to protect their tribal natural resources throughout the twentieth century." "In The Invasion of Indian Country in the Twentieth Century, Donald Fixico details the course of this struggle, providing a wealth of information on the resources possessed by individual tribes and the way in which they were systematically defrauded and stripped of these resources.

Record details

ISBN: 0870815172
ISBN: 0870814982 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN: 9780870814983 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN: 0870815172 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN: 9780870815171 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Physical Description: print
xix, 258 pages : illustrations, 1 map ; 24 cm.
Publisher: Niwot, Colo. : University Press of Colorado, c1998.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [225]-241) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Jackson Barnett and the allotment of Muscogee Creek lands -- Osage murders and oil -- Struggle for Pueblo water rights in the Southwest -- Termination of the Klamath and timberlands in the Pacific Northwest -- Chippewa fishing and hunting rights in the Great Lakes -- Controversy and spirituality in the Black Hills -- Demand for natural resources on reservations -- Council of Energy Resource Tribes -- Battlegrounds in the courts -- Environmental issues and tribal leadership -- American Indian philosophy and global concerns.