Claiming tribal identity
Subtitle: the Five Tribes and the politics of federal acknowledgment
By: Mark Edwin Miller
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 475
ISBN-13: 9780806143781
Subjects: Tribal citizenship; Politics and government; Five Civilized Tribes; Indians of North America; Government relations; Federally recognized Indian tribes; Legal status, laws; History
Description: "Who counts as an American Indian? Which groups qualify as Indian tribes? These questions have become increasingly complex in the past several decades, and federal legislation and the rise of tribal-owned casinos have raised the stakes in the ongoing debate. In this revealing study, historian Mark Edwin Miller describes how and why dozens of previously unrecognized tribal groups in the southeastern states have sought, and sometimes won, recognition, often to the dismay of the Five Tribe--the Cherokees, Chickasaws, Choctaws, Creeks, and Seminoles." -- Publisher's website.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 425- 455) and index.
Table of contents: title: Indian renaissance in the Southeast; title: The genesis of a conflict : the Five Tribes and the birth of the federal acknowledgment process; title: Vetted tribes : the Poarch Band of Creek Indians and the Jena Band of Choctaw Indians; title: Contested tribes : the Lower Muskogee Creek Tribe and the MOWA Band of Choctaw Indians; title: "Fraudulent tribes" and "Fake Cherokees" : the Five Tribes and the politics of Indian authenticity; title: The numbers game : the Lumbees, the MOWA Band, and the economics of tribal recognition; title: Conclusion.