Recognition Odysseys: Indigeneity, Race, and Federal Tribal Recognition Policy in Three Louisiana Indian Communities

Title: Recognition Odysseys: Indigeneity, Race, and Federal Tribal Recognition Policy in Three Louisiana Indian Communities
Creator: Brian Klopotek See all items with this value
Date: 2011
Bibliographic Citation: Klopotek, Brian. 2011. Recognition Odysseys: Indigeneity, Race, and Federal Tribal Recognition Policy in Three Louisiana Indian Communities. Duke University Press, Durham.
annotates: Book focuses on three Louisiana communities. Two, the Tunica-Biloxi Tribe and the Jena Band of Choctaw Indians, are federally recognized; the Clifton Choctaw Tribe, is state-recognized. Exploration of the historical interplay of race, Indigeneity, and US settler colonial policy in regard to federal recognition, particularly in the context of Louisiana’s history with Jim Crow laws and anti-Black racism. Also discusses different angles of the federal recognition process.
Subject: Chahta (Choctaw) See all items with this value; Identity See all items with this value; Sovereignty See all items with this value; Louisiana See all items with this value; Relations See all items with this value
Temporal Coverage: Postcontact See all items with this value; 20th Century See all items with this value