Fixico, D: The Invasion of Indian Country in the Twentieth C

Name: Fixico, D: The Invasion of Indian Country in the Twentieth C
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By Donald Fixico

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The struggle between Indians and whites for land did not end on the battlefields in the 1800s. When this hostile era closed with Native Americans forced onto reservations, no one expected that rich natural resources lay beneath these lands that white America would desperately desire. Yet oil, timber, fish, coal, water, and other resources were discovered to be in great demand in the mainstream market, and a new war began with Indian tribes and their leaders trying to protect their tribal natural resources throughout the twentieth century. In The Invasion of Indian Country in the 20th Century, Donald Fixico details the course of this struggle, providing a wealth of information on the resources possessed by individual tribes and the way in which they were systematically defrauded and stripped of these resources. Fixico contends that federal policies originally devised to protect Indian interests ironically worked against the Indian nations as the tribes employed new tactics with the Council of Energy Resources Tribes, using the law in courts and applying aggressive business leadership to combat the capitalist invasion by mainstream America. Fixico's analysis of this war being waged throughout the century and today serves as an indispensible reference tool for anyone interested in Native American history and current government policy with regard to Indian lands.

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Binding:: Paperback
Number of Pages:: 282
Release Date:: 1998-09-15
Publication Date:: 1998-09-15
Publisher:: University Press of Colorado
Languages:: Published: English, Original: English
ISBN10:: 0870815172
ISBN13:: 9780870815171
Minimum Reading Age:: 10
Maximum Reading Age:: 10
Weight:: 445 g
Height:: 150 cm
Width:: 227 cm
Thickness:: 18 cm

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