Native American Issues: A Reference Handbook (Contemporary World Issues) - Hardcover
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The first settlers of the North American continent formed a multitude of societies and enjoyed exclusive occupation of over seven million square miles of land. Today their descendants are relegated to lands totaling less than 50,000 square miles. Native American Issues focuses on the contemporary political issues surrounding the confinement of native peoples to limited lands in the United States and Canada.
Also discussed is the status and powers of native governments and the health, wealth, and education of native peoples. Biographical sketches, a chronology of events, selected legislation, significant court cases, facts and figures, quotations, presidential proclamations, and lists of print and nonprint resources complete this extensive work.
• Includes biographical sketches of key figures
• Provides statistics, facts and figures, and quotations
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William N. Thompson is professor of public administration at the University of Nevada Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV.
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Native American Issues / A Reference Handbook (SIGNED), AND A SECOND BOOK, Red Power / The American Indians' Fight for Freedom
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. "Native American Issues" is a second printing; number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2, only. Dated March, 2000, and signed in full by author Thompson to the FFE. Part of the publisher's "Contemporary World Issues" series. The author, a professor of Public Administration at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, is an expert on gambling and has served as a consultant to the managers of Native American casinos in that capacity. 293 pp. including index, glossary, and bibliographies. OUR SECOND OFFERING, "Red Power" is a 247-page octavo paperback, ISBN 0-8032-7563-3, first printing with a full number line, stating "First Bison Book Printing: February 1985," though "Copyright 1971" with "University of Nebraska Press" to copyright page. The pair of books on related subjects, combined into a lot to consolidate shipping charge, now reduced from $59. Inscribed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 003077
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