Indian Resilience and Rebuilding : Indigenous Nations in the Modern American West.

Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction. Rebuilding Nations and the Indian Problem: Why Does It Matter? -- Part I. Resilience -- 1. Reservation Life and Land Allotments: Adaptation to New Homelands -- 2. Missionaries and Boarding Schools: Education as a Tool -- 3. The Indian New Deal and Tribal Governments: Flexibility of Adaptation -- 4. Relocation and Urban Indian Communities: Navigating Cultural Systems -- Part II. Rebuilding -- 5. Red Power Activism, the American Indian Movement, and Wounded Knee: The Rise of Modern Indian Leadership -- 6. Political Economy and Tribal Natural Resources: Resource Management -- 7. Indian Gaming in the West: Indian Entrepreneurship and Modern Political Economy -- 8. Sacred Land Returns and Repatriation: Power of Federal Indian Law -- Conclusion. Resilience, Rebuilding Nations, and Problem Solved: It Does Matter -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

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