Contents
List of Contributors
Introduction by George Pierre Castile and Robert L. Bee
Part I: Historical Foundations of the Reservation System
An Elusive Institution: The Birth of Indian Reservations in Gold Rush California by John M. Findlay
Crow Leadership Amidst Reservation Oppression by Frederick E. Hoxie
Part II: The Nonreservation Experience
Utah Indians and the Homestead Laws by Martha C. Knack
The Enduring Reservations of Oklahoma by John H. Moore
Without Reservation: Federal Indian Policy and the Landless Tribes of Washington by Frank W. Porter III
Part III: Power and Symbols
Riding the Paper Tiger by Robert L. Bee
Indian Sign: Hegemony and Symbolism in Federal Indian Policy by George Pierre Castile
Part IV: The Resource Base
Primitive Accumulation, Reservations, and the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act by Lawrence D. Weiss and David C. Maas
Shortcomings of the Indian Self-Determination Policy by George S. Esber, Jr.
Getting to Yes in the New West by Thomas R. McGuire
Index