Description: While the number of federally recognized Native nations in the United States are increasing, the population figures for existing tribal nations are declining. This depopulation is not being perpetrated by the federal government, but by Native governments that are banishing, denying, or disenrolling Native citizens at an unprecedented rate. Since the 1990s, tribal belonging has become more of a privilege than a sacred right. Political and legal dismemberment has become a national phenomenon with nearly eighty Native nations, in at least twenty states, terminating the rights of indigenous citizens. The first comprehensive examination of the origins and significance of tribal disenrollment, Dismembered examines this disturbing trend, which often leaves the disenrolled tribal members with no recourse or appeal. At the center of the issue is how Native nations are defined today and who has the fundamental rights to belong. By looking at hundreds of tribal constitutions and talking with both disenrolled members and tribal officials, the authors demonstrate the damage this practice is having across Indian Country and ways to address the problem.
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EAN: 9780295741581
UPC: 9780295741581
ISBN: 9780295741581
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Book Title: Dismembered: Native Disenrollment and the Battle f
Item Length: 22.6 cm
Number of Pages: 224 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Dismembered: Native Disenrollment and the Battle for Human Rights
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Publication Year: 2017
Subject: History
Item Height: 229 mm
Item Weight: 272 g
Type: Textbook
Author: Shelly Hulse Wilkins, David E. Wilkins
Subject Area: Regional History, Civil Service
Item Width: 152 mm
Format: Paperback
