Forgotten Tribes

Unrecognized Indians and the Federal Acknowledgment Process

By: Mark E. Miller

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Paperback | 1 December 2006

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368 Pages

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The Federal Acknowledgment Process (FAP) is one of the most important and contentious issues facing Native Americans today. A complicated system of criteria and procedures, the FAP is utilized by federal officials to determine whether a Native community qualifies for federal recognition by the United States government. In Forgotten Tribes, Mark Edwin Miller offers a balanced and detailed look at the origins, procedures, and assumptions governing the FAP. His work examines the FAP through the prism of four previously unrecognized tribal communities and their battles to gain indigenous rights under federal law.

Based on a wealth of interviews and original research, Forgotten Tribes features the first in-depth history and overview of the FAP and sheds light on this controversial Native identification policy involving state power over Native peoples and tribal sovereignty.

Mark Edwin Miller is an assistant professor of history at Southern Utah University.

Industry Reviews

"Miller's well-researched book is a significant contribution to the literature on the federal acknowledgment process (FAP)... The book couples rigorous empirical research with a critique of cultural constructions of Indian identity."--American Historical Review "What could be overwhelming and uninteresting bureaucratic, political, and petty personal minutiae is handled very well by Miller's insight, concise writing, and chapter organization."--Choice "The case studies form a valuable empirical critique of the several avenues of recognition, and their multiplicity helps strengthen Miller's overall criticism that the current situation remains only marginally more hopeful or fair than what it was meant to replace. Throughout Forgotten Tribes, the documentation is careful and thorough, and the text is lively and well written."--Journal of Anthropological Research

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