Organizing the Lakota: The Political Economy of the New Deal on the Pine Ridge and Rosebud Reservations

by Thomas Biolsi

Book Overview

In 1933 the United States Office of Indian Affairs began a major reform of Indian policy, organizing tribal governments under the provisions of the Indian Reorganization Act and turning over the administration of reservations to these new bodies. Organizing the Lakota considers the implementation of this act among the Lakota (Western Sioux or Teton Dakota) from 1933 through 1945.

Biolsi pays particular attention to the administrative...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816518858
• ISBN13: 9780816518852
• Release Date: June 1998
• Publisher: University of Arizona Press
• Length: 244 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"