Native Americans and Political Participation: A Reference Handbook (Political Participation in America) - Hardcover

Jerry D. Stubben

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1576072622 ISBN 13: 9781576072622

Publisher: ABC-CLIO (UK), 2005

Synopsis

A remarkable rediscovery of Native American government, political participation, and political theory spanning 1,000 years.

Native Americans and Political Participation opens the door to a previously invisible subject in political science and American history. Presenting, for the first time, data from a Native American survey of more than 400 elected and appointed tribal officials collected over the past ten years, this watershed work infuses facts with personal opinions of 20th-century Native American tribal leaders.

Readers will learn how multitribe lobbying is funded by gambling revenues and meet key activists like the Means and Bellcourt brothers. Other topics covered include the National Congress of American Indians, the battle at Wounded Knee, and the American Indian Movement. Discussions of these and other events and organizations reveal the powerful ways in which American Indians are utilizing the political system to further their causes.

About this title

About the Author

Jerry D. Stubben, Ph.D., is a senior researcher at the Institute for Social and Behavioral Research at Iowa State University, Ames, IA.

Edition details

• Publisher: ABC-CLIO (UK)
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1576072622
• ISBN 13: 9781576072622
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 360