Defying the odds : the Tule River tribe's struggle for sovereignty in three centuries

Publication Data

• Title Defying the odds : the Tule River tribe's struggle for sovereignty in three centuries
• Author Gelya Frank
• Contributor Carole E. Goldberg
• Publisher Yale University Press
• Publication date 2010
• Publication location New Haven, Conn.
• Language English

Contents

Part one. Sovereignty and the Yokuts tribes
Introduction
Early Yokuts strategies to protect land and sovereignty in central California
Part two. United States v. Whaley (1888): tribal sovereignty compromised
United States v. Whaley: criminalizing tribal authority at Tule River
Local chiefs, out-of-control shamans, and do-nothing agents: the cultural logic of United States v. Whaley
The presidential pardon: an Indian rights association ploy
Part three. Reconstructing sovereignty after Whaley
Cultural sovereignty after Whaley: asserting tribal authority in a new political economy
The Indian reorganization act: matching constitutional democracy with indigenous cultural style
Land and sovereignty: victories on the northeast corner and in tribal gaming
The legacy of United States v. Whaley: tribal sovereignty, social control, and dispute resolution at Tule River.

Topics

• Yokuts Indians :: California :: Tule River Region :: Government relations
• Yokuts Indians :: California :: Tule River Region :: History
• Self-determination, National
• Tule River Indian Tribe of the Tule River Reservation, California :: History
• Tule River Indian Tribe of the Tule River Reservation, California

Defying the odds : the Tule River tribe's struggle for sovereignty in three centuries by Gelya Frank. ISBN 9780300120165. Published by Yale University Press in 2010. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.