Civilization of the American Indian (Paperback)

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By: Jack Utter

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Paperback | 15 January 2002 | Edition Number 2

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Who is an Indian? Who is a Native American?

What are Indian self-determination and sovereignty?

What defines an Indian tribe?

These and more than one hundred other questions are asked and answered in this critically acclaimed overview of Indian country. The second edition of Jack Utter's classic work covers the hottest issues facing American Indians today--tribal sovereignty, gaming, water rights, treaty rights, cultural rights, and the evolving history of federal Indian policy. Revised and updated with many new questions, eight new illustrations, historical and contemporary maps, three hundred new references, and informative tables, American Indians provides the best single source available today on a variety of Indian country issues, past and present.

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Preface	p. xix
Preface to the First Edition	p. xxi
Acknowledgments	p. xxiii
Introduction	p. xxix
The Discovery Issue	p. 1
Questions and Answers	p. 21
The Indian People	p. 25
Indian Tribes	p. 57
Treaties and Agreements	p. 79
Myth, Misinformation, and Stereotype	p. 93
Culture and Religion	p. 132
Warfare	p. 169
Land, Resources, and Non-Gaming Economics	p. 206
Legal Status and Tribal Self-Government	p. 239
The Bureau of Indian Affairs	p. 279
Health	p. 291
Education	p. 307
Other Agencies and National Indian Organizations	p. 325
Alaska	p. 338
Gaming	p. 361
The Future	p. 378
A Summary History of United States Indian Policy	p. 383
Background on Native Hawaiian Issues	p. 413
Procedures for Establishing that an American Indian Group Exists as an Indian Tribe--BIA Summary of CFR, Part 83	p. 417
Membership in the Navajo Nation	p. 419
Treaty with the Delawares, 1778	p. 425
A Public Declaration to the Tribal Councils and Traditional Spiritual Leaders of the Indian and Eskimo Peoples of the Pacific Northwest	p. 429
State Indian Commissions	p. 431
100th U.S. Congress Concurrent Resolution--Reaffirmation of Indian Contributions to the U.S., Government-to-Government Relationship, Trust Responsibility, and Upholding of Treaties	p. 434
Bibliography	p. 437
Index	p. 477
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