Cover Page -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Acronyms -- Time Line -- Introduction. The Native Agency -- Chapter 1. From the Department of War to the Second Indian Take-over -- Chapter 2. A New Paradigm for Federal-Indian Relations -- Chapter 3. Powered by Conviction, Vision, and Grit -- Chapter 4. Fighting for Justice for Indian People -- Chapter 5. Implementing an Indian Agenda -- Chapter 6. Navigating Indian Country from All Directions -- Conclusion. Leveraging Federal Power and Advancing Indian Interests -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary
"This work provides an essential national-level look at an intriguing and impactful form of Indigenous resistance. It describes, in great detail, the continuing assaults made on Native peoples and tribal sovereignty in the United States during the twenty-first century, and it sketches the visions of the future that Indians at the BIA and in Indian Country have been crafting for themselves"-- Provided by publisher