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Choctaw Nation: A Story of American Indian Resurgence
Valerie Lambert
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Description for Choctaw Nation: A Story of American Indian Resurgence
paperback. A story of tribal nation building in the modern era. It treats nation-building projects as nothing new to the Choctaws of southeastern Oklahoma, who have responded to a number of hard-hitting assaults on Choctaw sovereignty and nationhood by rebuilding their tribal nation. Series: North American Indian Prose Award Series. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1K; 1KBBS; GTB; HBJK; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 499.
Choctaw Nation is a story of tribal nation building in the modern era. Valerie Lambert treats nation-building projects as nothing new to the Choctaws of southeastern Oklahoma, who have responded to a number of hard-hitting assaults on Choctaw sovereignty and nationhood by rebuilding their tribal nation. Drawing on field research, oral histories, and archival sources, Lambert explores the struggles and triumphs of a tribe building a new government and launching an ambitious program of economic development in the late twentieth century, achieving a partial restoration of the tribe’s former glory as a significant political and economic presence in what is ... Read more
Choctaw Nation is a story of tribal nation building in the modern era. Valerie Lambert treats nation-building projects as nothing new to the Choctaws of southeastern Oklahoma, who have responded to a number of hard-hitting assaults on Choctaw sovereignty and nationhood by rebuilding their tribal nation. Drawing on field research, oral histories, and archival sources, Lambert explores the struggles and triumphs of a tribe building a new government and launching an ambitious program of economic development in the late twentieth century, achieving a partial restoration of the tribe’s former glory as a significant political and economic presence in what is ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Series
North American Indian Prose Award Series
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Lincoln, United States
ISBN
9780803224902
SKU
V9780803224902
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About Valerie Lambert
Valerie Lambert is an associate professor of anthropology at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and President-elect of the Association of Indigenous Anthropologists.
Reviews for Choctaw Nation: A Story of American Indian Resurgence
"[A] thorough study, one grounded in current anthropological theory but surprisingly free of the discipline's wordy jargon... [A] good book that tackles some complex issues ... [and] has value beyond its obvious purpose of describing the growth of the modern Choctaw Nation. There are, it seems, lessons here for other tribal groups that may be seeking greater autonomy or that ... Read more