Documents of Native American political development : 1500s to 1933

Wilkins, David E. (David Eugene), 1954- (Added Author).

Summary: "This book features a variety of primary source documents - traditional accounts, tribal constitutions, legal codes, business council rules and regulations, Bureau of Indian Affairs agents' reports, congressional discourse, and intertribal compacts - written by both Natives and non-Natives, that reflect how indigenous peoples continued to exercise a significant measure of self-determination long after it was presumed to have been lost, surrendered, or vanquished. The documents are arranged chronologically, each with a brief, introductory essay by Wilkins that places them in the proper context. Each essay is then followed by a brief list of suggestions for further reading." "Covering a fascinating and relatively unknown period in Native American history, from the earliest examples of indigenous political writings to the formal constitutions crafted just before the American intervention of the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934, this anthology will serve as an invaluable resource for scholars and students of the political development of indigenous peoples the world over."--BOOK JACKET.

Record details

ISBN: 019532739X
ISBN: 9780195327397
Physical Description: xxiii, 534 p. : map ; 25 cm.
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Publisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 521-524) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

1. Great Law of Peace, Gayanashagowa (1000-1525?) -- 2. Laws of the Praying Town Indians (1640s-1670s) -- 3. Laws of the Cherokee Nation (1808-1817) -- 4. The Criminal Code of Tenskwatawa (Shawnee Prophet) (1805?) -- 5. Laws of the Creek Nation (1817-1824) -- 6. Cherokee Constitution (1827) -- 7. Description of Winnebago Government by Caleb Atwater, U.S. Commissioner (1829) -- 8. Laws of the Nez Perce (1844) -- 9. Constitutional Ordinance of the Seneca Nation (1845) -- 10. Resolutions and Constitution of the Seneca Nation of Indians (1848) -- 11. Organization of a New Indian Territory, by George Cop way (1850) -- 12. Ottawa Laws (1850) -- 13. Constitution of the "Government by Chiefs" of the Seneca Nation of Indians (1854) -- 14. Chickasaw Nation Constitution (1856) -- 15. Stockbridge and Munsee Tribe Articles of Union and Confederation (1857) -- 16. Proclamation of Neutrality by John Ross, Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation (1861) -- 17. Laws of the Delaware Nation (1866) -- 18. Winnebago Tribe Laws and Regulations (1868) -- 19. Okmulgee Constitution (1870) -- 20. Howard White, U.S. Indian Agent, Winnebago Agency (1872) -- 21. John S. Wood, U.S. Indian Agent, Blackfeet Agency (1875) -- 22. J. L. Burchard, U.S. Indian Agent, Round Valley Reservation (1876) -- 23. Alex G. Irvine, Navajo Indian Agent (1877) -- 24. Objections of the Indian Delegation to a Bill Authorizing an Indian Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives (1878) -- 25. W. Bird, Agent, Fort Peck Indian Agency (1878) -- 26. Benjamin M. Thomas, Agent, Pueblo and Abiquiu Agencies (1879) -- 27. John Young, Agent, Blackfeet Agency (1879) -- 28. Henry R. Mallory, Agent, Colorado River Agency (1879) -- 29. J. A. Stephen, Agent, Standing Rock Agency (1880) -- 30. P. B. Hunt, Agent, Kiowa, Comanche, and Wichita Agency (1880) -- 31. Constitutions of the Osage Nation (1861, 1881) -- 32. Laws of the Osage Nation (1882) -- 33. P. B. Sinnott, Agent, Grande Ronde Agency (1884) -- 34. Benjamin W. Thompson, Agent, Sisseton Agency (1884) -- 35. Sisseton-Wahpeton Constitution (1884) -- 36. Constitution of the Sac and Fox Nation (1885) -- 37. Robert L. Owen, Agent, Union Indian Agency (1886) -- 38. Compact between the Several Tribes Constituting the International Council in Indian Territory (1886) -- 39. Laws of the Pamunkey Indian Town (1886 or 1887) -- 40. Charles E. McChesney, Agent, Cheyenne River Agency (1887) -- 41. Robert L. Owen, Agent, Union Agency (1888) -- 42. Robert L. Owen, Agent, Union Agency (1888) -- 43. Charter of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (1889, with Amendments in 1895 and 1897) -- 44. Constitution of the Menominee Tribe of Indians (1892) -- 45. Amended Constitution of the Seneca Nation of Indians (1893) -- 46. Muskogee (Creek) Nation Constitution (1894) -- 47. Dew M. Wisdom, Agent, Union Agency, Indian Territory (1896) -- 48. A. E. Woodson, Acting Agent, Cheyenne and Arapaho Agency (1897) -- 49. Pima Constitution (1901 or 1902) -- 50. Acts and Resolutions of the General Council of the Choctaw Nation (1904) -- 51. Menominee Constitution (1904) -- 52. Constitution of the State of Sequoyah (1906) -- 53. Unwritten Laws of the Apache (1906?) -- 54. Laws, Bylaws, and Constitution of the Pueblo of Laguna (1908) -- 55. Right of Indians to Nominate Their Agent or Superintendent (1912) -- 56. Rules and Regulations for Annette Islands Reserve (1915) -- 57. Constitutions of the Rosebud Sioux (1916, 1920, and 1924) -- 58. Alaska Native Brotherhood Constitutions of Grand and Subordinate Camps (1917-1918) -- 59. Constitution of the Red Lake Band of Anishinaabe (1918) -- 60. Yurok Laws (1919) -- 61. Western Shoshone Constitution (1919) -- 62. Constitution of the Oglala Tribal Council (1921) -- 63. Assiniboine and Gros Ventre of Fort Belknap Constitution (1921) -- 64. Bylaws of the Crow Indians (1922) -- 65. Constitution of the Cheyenne River Sioux Indians (1923) -- 66. Constitution and Bylaws of the Menominee Indians (1924) -- 67. Duwamish Constitution (1925) -- 68. Constitution and Bylaws of the Oglala Tribal Council (1928) -- 69. Constitution and Bylaws of the Klamath Business Committee (1929) -- 70. Governance within the White Mountain Apache (1929) -- 71. Trustees of the Puyallup Tribe (1929) -- 72. Northern and Southern Pueblo Governance (1929) -- 73. Klamath Indian Corporation (1930) -- 74. Constitution and Bylaws of the Flathead Business Committee (1930) -- 75. Kiowa, Comanche, and Apache Tribal Council Resolutions and Petitions (1930) -- 76. Makah Constitutional Discussion (1931) -- 77. Indian Tribal Councils Act (1932) -- 78. Removal of Certain Bureau of Indian Affairs Employees (1932) -- 79. Yankton Sioux Constitution (1931) -- 80. Concerns of the Western Shoshone Nation (1932) -- 81. Proposed Organization of the Tribal Advisory Committee of the Prairie Band of Potawatomi of Kansas (1932) -- 82. Constitution of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians (1932) -- 83. Constitution of the Hopi Council of New Oraibi (1933) -- 84. Constitution of the Oglala Sioux Tribe (1933) -- 85. Constitutions of the Camp McDowell Indians of Arizona (1933) -- 86. Constitution and Bylaws of the Hoopa Business Council (1933) -- App. Selected Internet Sites.