Serving their country : American Indian politics and patriotism in the twentieth century

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: print
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.