The Invasion of Indian Country in the Twentieth Century: American Capitalism and Tribal Natural Resources (Paperback)

by Donald L. Fixico (Author)

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It is no small irony that after Native Americans had been forced onto reservations on land that nobody wanted, a wealth of natural resources would be discovered under those lands. Fixico is a Native American and history professor at Western Michigan University. He documents the continuing struggle Native Americans have faced to control their lives and their land. Fixico first identifies six essential elements (person or individual, family, clan or society, community, nation, and spirituality) that constitute a "theorized internal model of Indian society." In separate case studies, he then shows how attempts to exploit natural resources on tribal lands undermine each of these elements in turn. In the second part of his book, Fixico details the demand for various natural resources on reservations and identifies ways in which Native Americans have fought to defend those resources. He profiles the Council of Energy Resource Tribes, which was created in 1975; considers how environmental issues have affected tribal leadership; and looks at current global concerns about the environment from the point of view of American Indian philosophy. David Rouse --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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The struggle between Indians and whites for land did not end on the battlefields in the 1800s. When this hostile era closed with Native Americans forced onto reservations, no one expected that rich natural resources lay beneath these lands that white America would desperately desire. Yet oil, timber, fish, coal, water, and other resources were discovered to be in great demand in the mainstream market, and a new war began with Indian tribes and their leaders trying to protect their tribal natural resources throughout the twentieth century.

In The Invasion of Indian Country in the 20th Century, Donald Fixico details the course of this struggle, providing a wealth of information on the resources possessed by individual tribes and the way in which they were systematically defrauded and stripped of these resources. Fixico contends that federal policies originally devised to protect Indian interests ironically worked against the Indian nations as the tribes employed new tactics with the Council of Energy Resources Tribes, using the law in courts and applying aggressive business leadership to combat the capitalist invasion by mainstream America.

Fixico’s analysis of this war being waged throughout the century and today serves as an indispensable reference tool for anyone interested in Native American history and current government policy with regard to Indian lands.

Product Details

• Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: University Press of Colorado (December 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0870815172
• ISBN-13: 978-0870815171
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.7 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
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