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Forgotten tribes : unrecognized Indians and the federal acknowledgment process

Author: Mark Edwin Miller
Publisher: Lincoln, Neb. : University of Nebraska Press, [2007]
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Offers an overview of the Federal Acknowledgment Process (FAP) enacted in 1978, the legal mechanism whereby native groups achieve official "recognition" of tribal status. This work examines the FAP  Read more...

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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Mark Edwin Miller
ISBN: 9780803283213 0803283210
OCLC Number: 71542048
Notes: Originally published as hbk.: c2004.
Description: viii, 355 p. : map ; 24 cm.
Contents: Adrift with the Indian Office : the historical development of tribal acknowledgment policy, 1776-1978 --
Building an edifice : the BIA's federal acknowledgment process, 1978-2002 --
Bypassing the bureau : the Pascua Yaquis' quest for legislative tribal recognition --
Sometimes salvation : the Death Valley Timbisha Shoshones of California and the BIA's federal acknowledgment process --
A matter of visibility : the United Houma Nation's struggle for tribal acknowledgment --
From playing Indian to playing slots : gaming, recognition, and the Tiguas of El Paso, Texas.
Other Titles: Unrecognized Indians and the federal acknowledgment process
Responsibility: Mark Edwin Miller.

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