Native American Civil Rights Advocate Zitkala-Ša (translated “Red Bird” and also known as Gertrude Simmons Bonnin) 1876-1938 was a member of the Yankton Dakota Sioux on South Dakota’s Yankton Indian Reservation. Her advocacy led to the passage of the Indian Citizenship Act of 1924, which...
This dissertation describes the process of contemporary internal fragmentation resulting from tribal disenrollment (loss of citizenship) which has occurred in some Native American communities. Employing a comparative analysis approach, it explores three groups, the Cherokee, the Pechanga Band of Luise帽o ...
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American settlers, so it was then declared that it was the white man’s job to educate all Native Americans in order to make them civilized. The initialeducationwas targeted at the Native American adults. But they tended to resist the new education, so the white settlers decided to focus ...
Urban villages have been essential for rapid growth of the megacity Shenzhen, home of millions of migrant workers and built by native villagers. Recent ini
injunction of secrecy until January 18, 1905. Without a treaty the Kumeyaay had no legal protection for their lands. Lacking citizenship, they were unable to homestead. If they did settle on land they would be evicted as soon as a white person filed a claim. (Miskwish, The Ame...
As an exploratory follow-up, and to gain further understanding, we chose to recruit Native American students from the same sample surveyed following completion of the internship. We deliberately sought to conduct interviews 1–3 months after the internship concluded such that students had time to re...
(2013). Black slaves, Indian masters: slavery, emancipation, and citizenship in the Native American South. UNC Press Books. Buy Here. Miles, T. (2015). Ties that bind: The story of an Afro-Cherokee family in slavery and freedom (Vol. 14). Univ of California Press. Buy Here. Miles,...
Native American youth say the media has a powerful influence on perceptions of people of color and that they see themselves characterized as "poor," "drunk," "living on reservations," "selling fireworks," and "fighting over land." Whites and African Americans are also seen by these young peo...
authors describe the struggle to obtain Indian citizenship and the basic right to vote, then analyze the cases brought under the Voting Rights Act, including three case studies. The final two chapters assess the political impact of these cases and the role of American Indians in contemporary ...