17 records matched your query       

Author:

Miller, Mark Edwin, 1966-

Title:

Forgotten tribes : unrecognized Indians and the federal acknowledgment process / Mark Edwin Miller.

Publisher:

University of Nebraska Press,

Copyright Date:

c2004

Description:

viii, 355 p. : map ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Indians of North America--Tribal citizenship.
Indians of North America--Legal status, laws, etc.
Indians of North America--Government relations.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [323]-346) and index.

Contents:

Adrift with the Indian Office : the historical development of tribal acknowledgment policy, 1776-1978 -- Building an edifice : the BIA's federal acknowledgment process, 1978-2002 -- Bypassing the bureau : the Pascua Yaquis' quest for legislative tribal recognition -- Sometimes salvation : the Death Valley Timbisha Shoshones of California and the BIA's federal acknowledgment process -- A matter of visibility : the United Houma Nation's struggle for tribal acknowledgment -- From playing Indian to playing slots : gaming, recognition, and the Tiguas of El Paso, Texas.

ISBN:

9780803232266 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0803232268 (hardcover : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)53887604

LCCN:

2003026574

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

N5UX522 -- University of Iowa Law Library (Iowa City)

UTAX115 -- Buena Vista University Library (Storm Lake)