In this Book
- Claiming Turtle Mountain's Constitution: The History, Legacy, and Future of a Tribal Nation's Founding Documents
- Book
- 2017
- Published by: The University of North Carolina Press
summary
In an auditorium in Belcourt, North Dakota, on a chilly October day in 1932, Robert Bruce and his fellow tribal citizens held the political fate of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians in their hands. Bruce, and the others, had been asked to adopt a tribal constitution, but he was unhappy with the document, as it limited tribal governmental authority. However, white authorities told the tribal nation that the proposed constitution was a necessary step in bringing a lawsuit against the federal government over a long-standing land dispute. Bruce's choice, and the choice of his fellow citizens, has shaped tribal governance on the reservation ever since that fateful day.
In this book, Keith Richotte Jr. offers a critical examination of one tribal nation's decision to adopt a constitution. By asking why the citizens of Turtle Mountain voted to adopt the document despite perceived flaws, he confronts assumptions about how tribal constitutions came to be, reexamines the status of tribal governments in the present, and offers a fresh set of questions as we look to the future of governance in Native America and beyond.
In this book, Keith Richotte Jr. offers a critical examination of one tribal nation's decision to adopt a constitution. By asking why the citizens of Turtle Mountain voted to adopt the document despite perceived flaws, he confronts assumptions about how tribal constitutions came to be, reexamines the status of tribal governments in the present, and offers a fresh set of questions as we look to the future of governance in Native America and beyond.
Table of Contents
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- Title Page, Copyright Page
- pp. i-vi
- Acknowledgments
- pp. xi-xiv
- Introduction
- pp. 1-14
- Chapter Two: Little Shell II’s World
- pp. 30-46
- Chapter Three: The Reservation
- pp. 47-67
- Chapter Four: The Ten-Cent Treaty
- pp. 68-88
- Chapter Five: The Aftermath
- pp. 89-106
- Chapter Six: The Claim
- pp. 107-122
- Chapter Seven: The Constitution
- pp. 123-151
- Conclusion
- pp. 152-164
- Bibliography
- pp. 259-274
Additional Information
ISBN
9781469634531
Related ISBN(s)
9781469634500, 9781469634517, 9781469634524, 9798890852656
MARC Record
OCLC
999727736
Pages
304
Launched on MUSE
2017-08-16
Language
English
Open Access
No