Blood Struggle: The Rise Of Modern Indian Nations

Charles F. Wilkinson

W W Norton & Company Incorporated, 2005 - Social Science - 543 pages

FOR GENERATIONS, Indian people suffered a grinding poverty and political and cultural suppression on the reservations. But tenacious and visionary tribal leaders refused to give in. They knew their rights and insisted that the treaties be honored. Against all odds, beginning shortly after World War II, they began to succeed. The modern tribal sovereignty movement deserves to be spoken of in the same breath as the civil rights, environmental, and women's movements. Charles Wilkinson recounts in colorful terms tribal victories in major legal conflicts in contemporary America: the Indian land claims in Maine and other eastern states, the "salmon wars" of the Pacific Northwest, and the establishment of tribal casinos as a way of making inroads into poverty. "Blood Struggle explores how Indian tribes took their hard-earned sovereignty--their right to self-determination--and put it to work for Indian peoples and the perpetuation of Indian culture. Finally, this is the story of wrongs righted and noble ideals upheld.

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About the author

Charles Wilkinson, the author of twelve books and Distinguished University Professor at the University of Colorado, is a former attorney with the Native American Rights Fund. He lives in Boulder, Colorado.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Blood Struggle: The Rise Of Modern Indian Nations
• Author: Charles F. Wilkinson
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: W W Norton & Company Incorporated, 2005
• ISBN: 0393051498, 9780393051490
• Length: 543 pages
• Subjects: Social Science / Ethnic Studies / Native American Studies