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Book

American apartheid : the Native American struggle for self-determination and inclusion

Call Number

  • 970.00497 W8819 (CEN)

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Publication Information

New York, NY : Ig Publishing, [2018]

Physical Description

287 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

Summary

"... American Apartheid offers the most comprehensive and compelling account of the issues and threats that Native Americans face today, as well as their heroic battle to overcome them. Stephanie Woodard details the ways in which the government curtails Native voting rights, which, in turn, keeps tribal members from participating in policy-making surrounding education, employment, rural transportation, infrastructure projects, and other critical issues affecting their communities"--

Contents

  • Destitute by design
  • On the voting-rights frontline
  • Gods and monsters
  • Rough justice
  • Take the children
  • The arc from past to future.

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