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The nations within : the past and future of American Indian sovereignty / Vine Deloria, Jr., Clifford M. Lytle.

Title
The nations within : the past and future of American Indian sovereignty / Vine Deloria, Jr., Clifford M. Lytle.
Author
Deloria, Vine
Publication
New York : Pantheon Books, c1984.

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Additional Authors
Lytle, Clifford M.
Description
293 p.; 24 cm.
Summary
Focuses on John Collier's struggle with both the U.S. Congress and the Indian tribes to develop a New Deal for Indians fifty years ago.
Subject
  • Since 1934
  • Indians of North America > Civil rights
  • Indians of North America > Politics and government
  • Indians of North America > Government relations > 1934-
Note
  • Includes index.
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. 282-284.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
A status higher than states -- Domestic dependent nations -- The organization of the reservations -- The movement for reform -- The vision of the Red Atlantis -- The Collier Bill -- The House hearings -- The Indian congresses -- Political conflict in the upper house -- The Indian Reorganization Act of 1934 and the Collier Bill : a comparison -- Bringing the law to life -- Ratification and its aftermath -- The barren years -- The Indian Civil Rights Act -- The cry for self-determination -- The emergence of Indian nationalism -- The future of Indian nations -- Appendix: A comparison of the Wheeler-Howard Act and the original Collier Bill.
ISBN
0394725662 (pbk.)
LCCN
^^^84042663^//r85
OCLC
  • 10799271
  • SCSB-10458025
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library