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Tribal Sovereignty and the Historical Imagination: Cheyenne-Arapaho Politics

Tribal Sovereignty and the Historical Imagination: Cheyenne-Arapaho Politics

Paperback

Native American History

ISBN10: 0803271514
ISBN13: 9780803271517
Publisher: Bison Books
Published: Aug 2 2012
Pages: 368
Weight: 1.29
Height: 0.89 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
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?

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