Federal recognition enables tribes to govern themselves and make decisions for their citizens that have the power to retain their cultures. But over the last fo

Compares the experiences of three central Louisiana Indian tribes with federal tribal recognition policy to illuminate the complex relationship between recognit

Recognition, Sovereignty Struggles, and Indigenous Rights in the United States: A Sourcebook

Who counts as an American Indian? Which groups qualify as Indian tribes? These questions have become increasingly complex in the past several decades, and feder

First book-length overview of the Federal Acknowledgment Process enacted in 1978, the legal mechanism whereby native groups achieve official "recognition" of tr