Tribal sovereignty and the historical imagination : Cheyenne-Arapaho politics / Loretta Fowler.
2002
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Author
Title
Tribal sovereignty and the historical imagination : Cheyenne-Arapaho politics / Loretta Fowler.
Imprint
Lincoln, NE : University of Nebraska Press, [2002]
Copyright
©2002
Description
xxvii, 356 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Formatted Contents Note
Pt. 1. Historical Transformations. 1. "To Be Friendly with Everybody": Community and Authority, 1869-1902. 2. "They Are Trying to Make Us Stingy": The Land Sale Era, 1903-27. 3. Toward a New Deal: Transformations in Community and Government, 1928-76
pt. 2. The Self-Determination Act Era, 1977-99. 4. "A Reason to Fail": Dominance Disguised. 5. For the People: The Business Committee Incumbents and Newcomers. 6. "A Line Has Been Drawn": Dissidents and Radicals. 7. Coming around the Drum: Politics in Ritual Context. 8. "Looking for High-Up Places": Hegemony, Consciousness, and Historical Experience.
pt. 2. The Self-Determination Act Era, 1977-99. 4. "A Reason to Fail": Dominance Disguised. 5. For the People: The Business Committee Incumbents and Newcomers. 6. "A Line Has Been Drawn": Dissidents and Radicals. 7. Coming around the Drum: Politics in Ritual Context. 8. "Looking for High-Up Places": Hegemony, Consciousness, and Historical Experience.
Summary
Publisher description: Loretta Fowler offers a new perspective on Native American politics by examining how power on multiple levels infuses the everyday lives and consciousness of the Cheyenne and Arapaho peoples of Oklahoma. Cheyennes and Arapahos today energetically pursue a variety of commercial enterprises, including gaming and developing retail businesses, and they operate a multitude of social programs. Such revitalization and economic mobilization, however, have not unambiguously produced greater tribal sovereignty. Tribal members challenge and often work vigorously to undermine their tribal government's efforts to strengthen the tribe as an independent political, economic, and cultural entity; at the same time, political consensus and tribal unity are continually recognized and promoted in powwows and dances. Why is there conflict in one sphere of Cheyenne-Arapaho politics and cooperation in the other? The key to the dynamics of current community life, Fowler contends, is found in the complicated relationship between the colonizer and the colonized that emerges in Fourth World or postcolonial settings. For over a century the lives of Cheyennes and Arapahos have been affected simultaneously by forces of resistance and domination. These circumstances are reflected in their constructions of history. Cheyennes and Arapahos accommodate an ideology that buttresses social forms of domination and helps mold experiences and perceptions. They also selectively recognize and resist such domination. Drawing upon a decade of fieldwork and archival research, Tribal Sovereignty and the Historical Imagination provides an insightful and provocative analysis of how Cheyenne and Arapaho constructions of history influence tribal politics today.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-344) and index.
Available Note
Also issued online.
Available in Other Form
Online version: Fowler, Loretta, 1944- Tribal sovereignty and the historical imagination. Lincoln, NE : University of Nebraska Press, ©2002
Online version: Fowler, Loretta, 1944- Tribal sovereignty and the historical imagination. Lincoln, NE : University of Nebraska Press, ©2002
Online version: Fowler, Loretta, 1944- Tribal sovereignty and the historical imagination. Lincoln, NE : University of Nebraska Press, ©2002
Call Number
KIG214 .F69 2002
Language
English
ISBN
0803220138 (cloth)
9780803220133 (cloth)
9780803220133 (cloth)
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