Recognition, Sovereignty Struggles, and Indigenous Rights in the United States: A Sourcebook

376 Pages·2013·20.18 MB·English

by  Amy E. Den Ouden, Jean M. O'Brien

Recognition, Sovereignty Struggles,
& Indigenous Rights in the United States
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RECOGNITION,
SOVEREIGNTY
STRUGGLES,
&
INDIGENOUS
RIGHTS
IN
THE
UNITED STATES
A SOURCEBOOK
Edited by Amy. E. Den Ouden & Jean M. O’Brien
THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA PRESS CHAPEL HILL
This book was published with the assistance of the
Thornton H. Brooks Fund of the University of North Carolina Press.
© 2013 The University of North Carolina Press
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The University of North Carolina Press has been
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Recognition, sovereignty struggles, and indigenous rights in the United States :
a sourcebook / edited by Amy E. Den Ouden and Jean M. O’Brien.
pages cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
isbn 978-1-4696-0215-8 (cloth : alk. paper)
isbn 978-1-4696-0216-5 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1. Indians of North America—Civil rights. 2. Indigenous peoples—
Legal status, laws, etc.—United States 3. Indians of North America—
Legal status, laws, etc. 4. Indians of North America—Government
relations. 5. United States—Race relations. 6. States’ rights
(American politics) I. Den Ouden, Amy E.
kf8210.c5r43 2013
342.7308'72—dc23 2012044360
“State Recognition and ‘Termination’ in Nineteenth-Century New England”
by Jean M. O’Brien is drawn in part from the author’s Firsting and Lasting:
Writing Indians Out of Existence in New England (Minneapolis: University
of Minnesota Press, 2010). Copyright 2010 by the Regents of the University
of Minnesota. Used by permission.
cloth 17 16 15 14 13 5 4 3 2 1
paper 17 16 15 14 13 5 4 3 2 1
For Vine Deloria Jr., who inspired so many of us
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Contents
1 Introduction
Amy E. DEn OuDEn & JEAn m. O’BriEn
Part i Race, Identity, and Recognition
37 The Imposition of Law
The Federal Acknowledgment Process
and the Legal De/Construction of Tribal Identity
AngElA A. gOnzAlEs & TimOThy Q. EvAns
65 Racial Science and Federal Recognition
Lumbee Indians in the Jim Crow South
mAlinDA mAynOr lOwEry
95 The Recognition of NAGPRA
A Human Rights Promise Deferred
JOAnnE BArkEr
115 State Recognition of American Indian Tribes
A Survey of State-Recognized Tribes and
State Recognition Processes
k. AlExA kOEnig & JOnAThAn sTEin
Part ii State and Federal Recognition in New England
149 State Recognition and “Termination” in
Nineteenth-Century New England
JEAn m. O’BriEn
169 Altered State?
Indian Policy Narratives, Federal Recognition,
and the “New” War on Native Rights in Connecticut
Amy E. DEn OuDEn
195 How You See Us, Why You Don’t
Connecticut’s Public Policy to Terminate
the Schaghticoke Indians
ruTh gArBy TOrrEs
213 The Nipmuc Nation, Federal Acknowledgment,
and a Case of Mistaken Identity
rAE gOulD
Part iii Contemporary Recognition Controversies
237 A Right Delayed
The Brothertown Indian Nation’s Story
of Surviving the Federal Acknowledgment Process
kAThlEEn A. BrOwn-PErEz
263 From “Boston Men” to the BIA
The Unacknowledged Chinook Nation
JOhn r. rOBinsOn
287 Mapping Erasure
The Power of Nominative Cartography
in the Past and Present of the Muwekma Ohlones
of the San Francisco Bay Area
lEs w. FiElD with Alan Leventhal & Rosemary Cambra
311 Precarious Positions
Native Hawaiians and U.S. Federal Recognition
J. kēhAulAni kAuAnui
337 Afterword
DAviD E. wilkins
345 Appendix: Useful Resources for Further Study
349 Contributors
353 Index
Recognition, Sovereignty Struggles,
& Indigenous Rights in the United States