The Return of the Native: American Indian Political ResurgenceOxford University Press, 1990 M07 19 - 288 pages An incisive look at American Indian and Euro-American relations from the 16th century to the present, this book focuses on how such relations have shaped the Native American political identity and tactics in the ongoing struggle for power. Cornell shows how, in the early days of colonization, Indians were able to maintain their nationhood by playing off the competing European powers; and how the American Revolution and westward expansion eventually caused Native Americans to lose their land, social cohesion, and economic independence. The final part of the book recounts the slow, steady reemergence of American Indian political power and identity, evidenced by militant political activism in the 1960s and early 1970s. By paying particular attention to the evolution of Indian groups as collective actors and to changes over time in Indian political opportunities and their capacities to act on those opportunities, Cornell traces the Indian path from power to powerlessness and back to power again. |
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... Problems 32, no. 1 (October 1984): 44–59. Copyright 1984 by the Society for the Study of Social Problems, Inc. Used by permission. Stephen Cornell, “The New Indian Politics,” The Wilson Quarterly 10, no. 1 (New Year's 1986): 113–31 ...
... Problems 32, no. 1 (October 1984): 44–59. Copyright 1984 by the Society for the Study of Social Problems, Inc. Used by permission. Stephen Cornell, “The New Indian Politics,” The Wilson Quarterly 10, no. 1 (New Year's 1986): 113–31 ...
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... problem, but critical commonalities remain within the Indian experience that increasingly link Native Americans with each other and to a common political trajectory. That they remain important and worthy of examination is a central ...
... problem, but critical commonalities remain within the Indian experience that increasingly link Native Americans with each other and to a common political trajectory. That they remain important and worthy of examination is a central ...
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... Problem” 33 Chapter 4 “They Carry Their Lives on Their Finger Nails” 51 Part II THE FOUNDATIONS OF POLITICAL RESURGENCE Chapter 5 The Transformations of the Tribe 71 Chapter 6 New Music, New Partners, A New Dance 87 Chapter 7 Toward a ...
... Problem” 33 Chapter 4 “They Carry Their Lives on Their Finger Nails” 51 Part II THE FOUNDATIONS OF POLITICAL RESURGENCE Chapter 5 The Transformations of the Tribe 71 Chapter 6 New Music, New Partners, A New Dance 87 Chapter 7 Toward a ...
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... PROBLEM AND INDIAN RESPONSE This resurgence may only recently have become apparent, but it is a subject that leads ... problem.” In its most basic form this problem has had three aspects. First, it has been an economic problem: how best ...
... PROBLEM AND INDIAN RESPONSE This resurgence may only recently have become apparent, but it is a subject that leads ... problem.” In its most basic form this problem has had three aspects. First, it has been an economic problem: how best ...
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... problem,” a problem that has by no means disappeared, as contemporary efforts to gain access to Indian natural resources testify. Indians, on the other hand, have had what might be called a “EuroAmerican problem.” In its essence this ...
... problem,” a problem that has by no means disappeared, as contemporary efforts to gain access to Indian natural resources testify. Indians, on the other hand, have had what might be called a “EuroAmerican problem.” In its essence this ...
Contents
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THE FOUNDATIONS OF POLITICAL RESURGENCE | 69 |
THE RETURN OF THE NATIVE | 185 |
Notes | 219 |
Selected Bibliography | 267 |
Index | 271 |
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