Who Belongs? by Mikaela M Adams 2019 Paperback 9780190055639

Very Good Condition. Like New. 330 Pages. Thru Oxford University Press. 6x9.25x.75 Inches. Synopsis "Race, Resources, and Tribal Citizenship in the Native South. 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 pressures they faced, they insisted on their political identity as citizens of tribal nations and rejected Euro-American efforts to reduce them to another racial minority, especially in the face of Jim Crow segregation. Drawing upon their cultural traditions, kinship patterns, and evolving needs to protect their land, resources, and identity from outsiders, i.." 158-12-19-24-838