Serving the Nation: Cherokee Sovereignty and Social Welfare, 1800–1907 (Volume 14) (New Directions in Native American Studies Series)

by Julie L. Reed

Book Overview

Well before the creation of the United States, the Cherokee people administered their own social policy--a form of what today might be called social welfare--based on matrilineal descent, egalitarian relations, kinship obligations, and communal landholding. The ethic of gadugi, or work coordinated for the social good, was at the heart of this system. Serving the Nation explores the role of such traditions in shaping the alternative...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806152249
• ISBN13: 9780806152240
• Release Date: April 2016
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 1.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.2" x 9.1"