American Indian Politics And The American Political System; Author: Wilkins, David E.; Paperback

Author: Wilkins, David E.
Spectrum Series, Race and Ethnicity in National and Global P; Paperback; Illustrated
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
ISBN: 0847693066

Since American Indians and Alaskan Natives are the indigenous peoples of North America, why do we fail to acknowledge them as having the first forms of national government?American Indian Politics and the American Political System brings together in one source a comprehensive introduction to the history, structure, and function of tribal governments, their relationship to contemporary American politics, and the rights of individual Indians who are often caught in between these frequently contentious sovereigns. As David E. Wilkins expertly demonstrates, American Indian politics today is an elaborate braid of tribal government, American citizenship, indigenous activism, economic development, media attention, and cultural identity. Here, the many strands of American Indian polit