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From Princess to Chief

Life with the Waccamaw Siouan Indians of North Carolina

University of Alabama Press

A collaborative life history of Priscilla Freeman Jacobs, From Princess to Chief tells the story of the first female chief (from 1986 to 2005) of the state-recognized Waccamaw Siouan Indian Tribe of North Carolina. 
 

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Red Eagle's Children

Weatherford vs. Weatherford et al.

Edited by J. Anthony Paredes and Judith Knight; Introduction by J. Anthony Paredes
University of Alabama Press

Red Eagle’s Children presents the legal proceedings in an inheritance dispute that serves as an unexpected window on the intersection of two cultural and legal systems: Creek Indian and Euro-American.

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The Other Movement

Indian Rights and Civil Rights in the Deep South

University of Alabama Press

Examines the most visible outcome of the Southern Indian Rights Movement: state Indian affairs commissions

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Building a Nation

Chickasaw Museums and the Construction of History and Heritage

University of Alabama Press

Using museum and heritage sites as places to define itself as a coherent and legitimate contemporary Indian nation, the Chickasaw Nation struggles to remain accurate and yet apace with the evolving nature of museums

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Inside the Eagle's Head

An American Indian College

University of Alabama Press

The Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute (SIPI) is a self-described National American Indian Community College in Albuquerque, New Mexico that is operated by the Bureau of Indian Affairs, an agency of the U.S. government that has overseen and managed the relationship between the government and American Indian tribes. This book looks at the Institute in detail.

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Mayas in Postwar Guatemala

Harvest of Violence Revisited

University of Alabama Press
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Under the Rattlesnake

Cherokee Health and Resiliency

Edited by Lisa J. Lefler; Foreword by Susan Leading Fox
University of Alabama Press

Provides a balanced portrait of Cherokee health issues

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Those Who Remain

A Photographer's Memoir of South Carolina Indians

University of Alabama Press

Through interviews and a generous photograph montage stretching over two decades, reveals the commonality and diversity among these people of Indian identity

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Public Indians, Private Cherokees

Tourism and Tradition on Tribal Ground

University of Alabama Press

Explores the major economic industry among American Indian tribes—public promotion and display of aspects of their cultural heritage in a wide range of tourist venues

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The Monacan Indian Nation of Virginia

The Drums of Life

University of Alabama Press

Through interviews with 26 Monacans, one Episcopal minister appointed to serve them, one former clerk of the court for Amherst County, and her own story, Whitlock provides first person accounts of what happened to the Monacan families and how their very existence as Indians was threatened.

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