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Serving their country : American Indian politics and patriotism in the twentieth century / Paul C. Rosier.

Rosier, Paul C. (Author).

Summary:

Traces how Native Americans have defined, both domestically and internationally, democracy, citizenship, and patriotism, covering the activist struggle on reservations, during wartime, and in the courtroom to preserve the diverse culture of American Indians and assert an ethnic nationalism across the country.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780674036109
  • ISBN: 0674036107
  • Physical Description: 360 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
  • Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2009.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-347) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Prologue: An empire for liberty -- Westward the course of empire -- The defense of the reservation -- World War II battlegrounds -- The Cold War on the Indian frontier -- Nation building at home and abroad -- The last Indian war -- Epilogue: Indian Country in the twenty-first century.
Subject:
Indians of North America > Politics and government > 20th century.
Indians of North America > Government relations > 1869-1934.
Indians of North America > Government relations > 1934-
Patriotism > United States > History > 20th century.
Democracy > United States > History > 20th century.
Citizenship > United States > History > 20th century.
United States > Territorial expansion.
Imperialism > History.
United States > Race relations > Political aspects.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Northwest Indian College.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Lummi Library E 98 .T77 R67 2009 277777 Stacks Reshelving -