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American Indians and U.S. Politics A Companion Reader
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John M. Meyer
Foreword by David E. Wilkins
Book Code: C7264
ISBN: 0-275-97264-X
ISBN-13: 978-0-275-97264-6
216 pages
Praeger Publishers
Publication: 2/28/2002
List Price: $98.95 (UK Sterling Price: £57.95)
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Also Available: Paperback
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
Subjects: Reviews:
  • Most Americans know little about Native governments, and this work addresses the need for information on their internal and external affairs....Editor John Meyer is to be congratulated for preparing a reader that will be a very useful supplement to courses on US government and politics. Recommended for general readers, lower-division undergraduates, and two-year technical program students.
    —Choice     November 2002
Description: The relationship between American Indians and the U.S. political system is both vitally important and unique. Yet American Indians--as individuals and as tribal nations--typically receive scant attention in introductory courses on American government and politics. This is the only reader on Native America and U.S. politics designed to be incorporated into introductory government courses. It will help students to obtain a clearer understanding of such contemporary issues as Indian fishing rights and gaming casinos and to see topics central to the course--the Constitution, the structure of federalism, citizenship, and civil liberties--from the perspective of groups that have often sought a protected place outside the U.S. polity rather than inclusion within. Enabling students to compare the American Indian experience with the ideas presented in other course materials, the readings in this book are keyed to the topics most commonly found in the course syllabi. Selected for their insight and accessibility as well as diversity of viewpoints and topics, the essays provide a unique insight into the character of the American political system from the perspective of American Indians, teaching the reader much about both the tribes and the character of politics and government in the U.S. generally.
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword by David E. Wilkins
  • Introduction
  • Constitution
  • A Peculiar Covenant by JeDon A. Emenhiser
  • Political Ideals, Traditions, Culture
  • Native American Political Traditions by Taiaiake Alfred
  • Federalism
  • Tribal Governments by Sharon O'Brien
  • Citizanship and Political Participation
  • Neither Fish, Flesh, Fowl, nor Good Red Herring by Jill E. Martin
  • Civil Liberties
  • Freedom, Law, and Prophecy by Lee Irwin
  • Groups and Interests
  • The New Indian Politics by Stephen Cornell
  • Campaigns and Elections
  • Passing California's Proposition 5 by G. Richard Maullin
  • Congress
  • Bury My Heart in Committee by David Van Biema
  • Presidency
  • Ronald Reagan's Indian Policy in Retrospect by Samuel R. Cook
  • Bureaucracy
  • Lost Tribes by Peter Beinart
  • Let the Healing Begin by Kevin Gover
  • Court System
  • Watch Your Six by M. Robert Yazzie
  • The U.S. Supreme Court's Explication of "Federal Plenary Power" by David E. Wilkins
  • Policy Issues
  • Triangulated Power and the Environment by N. Jace Weaver
  • For Further Reading
  • Index
LC Card Number: 2001054590
LCC Class: E93
Dewey Class: 323
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