Not without our consent : Lakota resistance to termination, 1950-59 / Edward Charles Valandra ; foreword by Vine Deloria, Jr.
"In an effort to end the authority of local Native American governments, Congress passed Public Law 83 280 in 1953. Allowing states to apply their criminal and civil laws to Native American country, the law provided an unparalleled opportunity for the state of South Dakota to crush burgeoning L...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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University of Illinois Press,
2006.
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| Summary: | "In an effort to end the authority of local Native American governments, Congress passed Public Law 83 280 in 1953. Allowing states to apply their criminal and civil laws to Native American country, the law provided an unparalleled opportunity for the state of South Dakota to crush burgeoning Lakota nationalism." "Edward Valandra's Not Without Our Consent documents the tenacious and formidable Lakota opposition to attempts at applying this law. In unprecedented depth, it follows the struggle of the Lakotas through the 1950s when, against all odds, their resistance succeeded in having South Dakota include Native consent as a prerequisite to state jurisdiction. The various House and Senate bills discussed in the book are reproduced in eight appendixes."--Jacket. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-277) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780252092701 0252092708 9781283044127 9786613044129 6613044121 1283044129 |