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Legislating Indian Country: Significant Milestones in Transforming Tribalism
Author:
Laurence Armand French
ISBN:
9780820488448
Binding:
Paperback
Year:
2007
Pages:
203
Size:
15 x 23 cm
Weight:
285 grams
Price:
INR
870.00
About the Book
This book traces the history of injustices suffered by American Indians from the beginning of white contact in the 16th century through the present, identifying five unique epochs of U.S. Indian policy. The first section examines how the definition of Native Americans as a sub-species of human beings justified their harsh treatment and eradication from desirable lands in the emerging states, and the second addresses the further destruction of tribalism through Indian wars, the establishment of military-run concentration camps for uncooperative tribes, and the opening of Indian territories to non-Indian settlers. Subsequent sections detail a shift in policy from physical to cultural genocide: section three covers the legislation that set the stage for federally-controlled tribal administration, and the fourth section examines the 1950s attempt to dissolve tribes, forcing them into capitalist-based corporations with tribal members assigned stockholder status. The final section identifies a middle ground between the strict federal oversight posited by Indian Reorganization and the harsh policies of termination and relocation.Although the days of overt genocide are over, a more subtle form of exploitation continues today, evidenced by the current controversies surrounding the mismanagement of the Individual Indian Trust Fund, and the deliberate exploitation of gaming tribes by lobbyists and politicians. By providing insight into the history of this legislative trend, Legislating Indian Country points to new directions for the future of tribalism.
About the Author
Laurence Armand French
Laurence Armand French holds a B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. in social disorganization/social psychology from the University of New Hampshire-Durham; a second M.A. in school and educational psychology from Western New Mexico University; and a second Ph.D. in cultural psychology from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He has over 250 publications, including 12 books, and is a licensed clinical psychologist and Professor Emeritus of Psychology at Western New Mexico University and a Senior Research Associate, Justice Works, University of New Hampshire-Durham. A fellow of the American Psychological Association and the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, and a lifetime member of the American Society of Criminology, Dr. French served honorably in the United States Marine Corps and has worked in Indian country for over thirty years as faculty advisor to the Indian Student Organizations at Western Carolina University and Western New Mexico University.
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