The State of Native America

This unprecedented anthology has quickly become the classic text for all who want to understand the problems confronted by native people in North America. Includes, among other topics, treaty rights and international status, self-governance, U.S. repression, spiritual hucksterism, resource development and uranium contamination on reservations, religious freedom, and the implications of the Columbus Quincentenary celebration.

Foreword: Wind River	p. vii
Preface: The State of Native North America	p. ix
Introduction Sand Creek the Morning After	p. 1
Table: Indian Laws and Cases	p. 13
The Demography of Native North America a Question of American Indian Survival	p. 23
International Law and Politics Toward a Right to Self-Determination for Indigenous Peoples	p. 55
Self-Determination and Subordination the Past, Present, and Future of American Indian Governance	p. 87
Federal Indian Identification Policy a Usurpation of Indigenous Sovereignty in North America	p. 123
The Earth is Our Mother Struggles for American Indian Land and Liberation in the Contemporary United States	p. 139
American Indian Water Rights the Blood of Life in Native North America	p. 189
In Usual and Accustomed Places Contemporary American Indian Fishing Rights Struggles	p. 217
Native North America the Political Economy of Radioactive Colonialism	p. 241
Trouble in High Places Erosion of American Indian Rights to Religious Freedom in the United States	p. 267
A Warrior Caged the Continuing Struggle of Leonard Peltier	p. 291
American Indian Women at the Center of Indigenous Resistance in Contemporary North America	p. 311
Patriots and Pawns State Use of American Indians in the Military and the Process of Nativization in the United States	p. 345
American Indian Education in the United States Indoctrination for Subordination to Colonialism	p. 371
The Great Pretenders Further Reflections on Whiteshamanism	p. 403
Cowboys And... Notes on Art, Literature, and American Indians in the Modern American Mind	p. 423
Epilogue: Looking for Columbus Thoughts on the Past, Present and Future of Humanity	p. 439
About the Contributors	p. 445
Index	p. 449
Index of Indian Nations	p. 459
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