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Format: ix, 246 Seiten : , Illustrationen, Karten ; , 24 cm.

ISBN: 978-0-300-20669-2

Series Statement: The Lamar series in western history

Content: Explores the influence of America's indigenous peoples on energy policy and development, documenting how certain federally supported and often environmentally damaging energy projects were seen as threats by native American and sparked a pan-tribal resistance movement leading to increased autonomy

Note: Includes bibliographical references and index , new era, similar results

Language: English

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Format: 1 online resource

ISBN: 9780300216219 (ebook) :

Content: This volume shows how American Indians fulfilled the promise of Indian self-determination by reclaiming control over reservation resources. During America's 1970s quest for energy independence, tribes possessing valuable minerals resisted massive mining projects threatening their indigenous communities. They also launched a national campaign to improve their tribal governments' capacity to manage reservation land. Working with federal agencies tasked with increasing domestic energy production, these groups created the Council of Energy Resource Tribes to educate tribal leaders and broker deals that could provide energy to the nation and revenue for the tribes.

Note: Previously issued in print: 2015.

Additional Edition: Print version : ISBN 9780300206692

Language: English

URL: Yale scholarship online

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Format: 1 online resource (257 p.)

ISBN: 0-300-21621-1

Series Statement: The Lamar Series in Western History

Content: In the years following World War II many multi-national energy firms, bolstered by outdated U.S. federal laws, turned their attention to the abundant resources buried beneath Native American reservations. By the 1970s, however, a coalition of Native Americans in the Northern Plains had successfully blocked the efforts of powerful energy corporations to develop coal reserves on sovereign Indian land. This challenge to corporate and federal authorities, initiated by the Crow and Northern Cheyenne nations, changed the laws of the land to expand Native American sovereignty while simultaneously reshaping Native identities and Indian Country itself. James Allison makes an important contribution to ethnic, environmental, and energy studies with this unique exploration of the influence of America's indigenous peoples on energy policy and development. Allison's fascinating history documents how certain federally supported, often environmentally damaging, energy projects were perceived by American Indians as potentially disruptive to indigenous lifeways. These perceived threats sparked a pan-tribal resistance movement that ultimately increased Native American autonomy over reservation lands and enabled an unprecedented boom in tribal entrepreneurship. At the same time, the author demonstrates how this movement generated great controversy within Native American communities, inspiring intense debates over culturally authentic forms of indigenous governance and the proper management of tribal lands.

Note: Includes index. , Frontmatter -- , Contents -- , Acknowledgments -- , Introduction -- , I. CONSTRUCTING BAD DEALS -- , Prologue -- , 1. The Tribal Leasing Regime -- , 2. Postwar Energy Demands and the Southwestern Experience -- , 3. "The Best Situation in Their History" -- , 2. LOCAL RESISTANCE -- , 4. "The Most Important Tribe in America" -- , 5. Determining the Self -- , 3. THE NATIONAL CAMPAIGN -- , 6. Taking the Fight National -- , 7. Recognizing Tribal Sovereignty -- , Epilogue: New Era, Similar Results -- , Notes -- , Index , English

Additional Edition: ISBN 0-300-20669-0

Language: English

DOI: 10.12987/9780300216219