A Reservation Undiminished: The Saginaw Chippewa Case and Native Sovereignty

by R. David Edmunds, Todd Adams, Gary Clayton Anderson

It took more than one hundred years for federal, state, and local governments to recognize the Saginaw Chippewa Tribe's claim to its Isabella Reservation in central Michigan. This book tells the story of how the tribe persevered and eventually succeeded in having the reservation recognized. It is the story of widespread fraud and oppression perpetrated by non-Native Americans seeking to clearcut the rich Chippewa forest for quick profits, despite...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806194707
• ISBN13: 9780806194707
• Release Date: November 2024
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 200 Pages