Indian Resilience and Rebuilding: Indigenous Nations in the Modern American West

Contents

Contents List of Illustrations vii Acknowledgments ix Introduction. Rebuilding Nations and the Indian Problem: Why Does It Matter? 3 Part I. Resilience 1. Reservation Life and Land Allotments: Adaptation to New Homelands 17 2. Missionaries and Boarding Schools: Education as a Tool 46 3. The Indian New Deal and Tribal Governments: Flexibility of Adaptation 70 4. Relocation and Urban Indian Communities: Navigating Cultural Systems 96 Part II. Rebuilding 5. Red Power Activism, the American Indian Movement, and Wounded Knee: The Rise of Modern Indian Leadership 121 6. Political Economy and Tribal Natural Resources: Resource Management 151 7. Indian Gaming in the West: Indian Entrepreneurship and Modern Political Economy 170 vi · Contents 8. Sacred Land Returns and Repatriation: Power of Federal Indian Law 192 Conclusion. Resilience, Rebuilding Nations, and Problem Solved: It Does Matter 218 Notes 227 Bibliography 253 Index 270 ...