Who Belongs?: Race, Resources, and Tribal Citizenship in the Native South

by Mikaeela M. Adams

Book Overview

Who can lay claim to a legally-recognized Indian identity? Who decides whether or not an individual qualifies? The right to determine tribal citizenship is fundamental to tribal sovereignty, but deciding who belongs has a complicated history, especially in the South.

Indians who remained in the South following removal became a marginalized and anomalous people in an emerging biracial world. Despite the economic hardships and assimilationist...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190055634
• ISBN13: 9780190055639
• Release Date: April 2019
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"