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In an auditorium in Belcourt, North Dakota, on a chilly October day in 1932, Robert Bruce and his fellow tribal citizens held the political fate of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians in their hands. Bruce, and the others, had been asked to adopt a tribal constitution, but he was unhappy with the document, as it limited tribal governmental authority. However, white authorities told the tribal nation that the proposed constitution was a necessary step in bringing a lawsuit against the federal government over a long-standing land dispute. Bruce's choice, and the choice of his fellow citizens, has shaped tribal governance on the reservation ever since that fateful day.
In this book, Keith Richotte Jr. offers a critical examination of one tribal nation's decision to adopt a constitution. By asking why the citizens of Turtle Mountain voted to adopt the document despite perceived flaws, he confronts assumptions about how tribal constitutions came to be, reexamines the status of tribal governments in the present, and offers a fresh set of questions as we look to the future of governance in Native America and beyond.
In this book, Keith Richotte Jr. offers a critical examination of one tribal nation's decision to adopt a constitution. By asking why the citizens of Turtle Mountain voted to adopt the document despite perceived flaws, he confronts assumptions about how tribal constitutions came to be, reexamines the status of tribal governments in the present, and offers a fresh set of questions as we look to the future of governance in Native America and beyond.
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Unlike other texts that explore the impact of a single case on tribal nations . . . the author focuses on the internal foundational reasons that led to the adoption of the constitution and provides a rare glimpse at tribal agency.--Western Historical Quarterly A richly informative narrative that is easy to understand.--NAIS
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Keith Richotte Jr. (Turtle Mountain Chippewa) is assistant professor of American studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He also proudly serves as an associate justice of the Turtle Mountain Tribal Court of Appeals.
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- PublisherThe University of North Carolina Press
- Publication date2017
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