American Indians and the Trouble with Sovereignty : A Turn Toward Structural Self-Determination

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American Indians and the Trouble with Sovereignty : A Turn Toward Structural Self-Determination

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With tribes and individual Indians increasingly participating in American electoral politics, this study examines the ways in which tribes work together with state and local governments to overcome significant governance challenges. Much scholarship on tribal governance continues to rely on a concept of tribal sovereignty that does not allow for or help structure this type of governance activity. The resulting tension which emerges in both theory and practice from American Indian intergovernmental affairs is illuminated here and the limits of existing theory are confronted. Kessler-Mata presents an argument for tribal sovereignty to be normatively understood and pragmatically pursued through efforts aimed at interdependence, not autonomy. By turning toward theories of federalism and freedom in the republican tradition, the author provides an alternative framework for thinking about the goals and aspirations of tribal self-determination.

ISBN

9781108235334

Publication Date

2017

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

City

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA

Keywords

Native Americans, Indians, Tribal Sovereignty, Self determination, US Government, Indian policy, paternalism

Disciplines

American Studies | Indigenous Studies | Political Science

American Indians and the Trouble with Sovereignty : A Turn Toward Structural Self-Determination

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