Choctaw Nation: A Story of American Indian Resurgence

by Valerie Lambert

Book Overview

Choctaw Nation is a story of tribal nation building in the modern era. Valerie Lambert treats nation-building projects as nothing new to the Choctaws of southeastern Oklahoma, who have responded to a number of hard-hitting assaults on Choctaw sovereignty and nationhood by rebuilding their tribal nation. Drawing on field research, oral histories, and archival sources, Lambert explores the struggles and triumphs of a tribe building a new government...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803224907
• ISBN13: 9780803224902
• Release Date: March 2009
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"