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The third space of sovereignty : the postcolonial politics of U.S .-indigenous relations /

Bruyneel, Kevin.

The third space of sovereignty : the postcolonial politics of U.S .-indigenous relations / Kevin Bruyneel. - Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2007. - xxiv, 313 p. ; 24 cm. - Indigenous Americas .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-290) and index.

Introduction: Politics on the boundaries -- The U.S.-indigenous rela tionship : a struggle over colonial rule -- Resisting American domestic ation : the U.S. Civil War and the Cherokee struggle to be "still, a na tion" -- 1871 and the turn to postcolonial time in U.S.-indigenous rela tions -- Indigenous politics and the "gift" of U.S. citizenship in the early twentieth century -- Between civil rights and decolonization : th e claim for postcolonial nationhood -- Indigenous sovereignty versus co lonial time at the turn of the twenty-first century -- Conclusion: The third space of sovereignty.

9780816649884 081664988X

2007-018900


Indians of North America-- Politics and government.
Indians of North America-- Government relations.
Indians of North America-- Civil rights.
Self-determination, National
Postcolonialism-- United States.


United States-- Race relations.
United States-- Politics and government.

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