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Documents of Native American political development
"This book features a variety of primary source documents - traditional accounts, tribal constitutions, legal codes, business council rules and regulations, Bureau of Indian Affairs agents' reports, congressional discourse, and intertribal compacts - written by both Natives and non-Natives, that reflect how indigenous peoples continued to exercise a significant measure of self-determination long after it was presumed to have been lost, surrendered, or vanquished. The documents are arranged chronologically, each with a brief, introductory essay by Wilkins that places them in the proper context. Each essay is then followed by a brief list of suggestions for further reading." "Covering a fascinating and relatively unknown period in Native American history, from the earliest examples of indigenous political writings to the formal constitutions crafted just before the American intervention...
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