Recognition odysseys
Subtitle: indigeneity, race, and federal tribal recognition policy in three Louisiana Indian communities
By: Brian Klopotek
Series: Narrating native histories
Publisher: Duke University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Durham, NC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 391
ISBN-13: 9780822349693; 9780822349846
Subjects: Indians of North America; Federally recognized Indian tribes; Legal status, laws; Government relations
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [351]-374) and index.
Table of contents: title: The origins of federal acknowledgment policy; title: The Tunica-Biloxi tribe's early recognition efforts; title: Tunica activism from the termination era to the self-determination era; title: Treasures : Tunica-Biloxi in the federal recognition era; title: Tribal enterprise and tribal life; title: Jena Choctaws under Jim Crow and outside the federal purview; title: Jena Choctaw persistence from the Second World War to recognition; title: Jena Choctaw recognition; title: On the outside, looking in : Clifton-Choctaws, race, and federal acknowledgment.