David E. Wilkins

The Navajo Political Experience

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Native nations, like the Navajo nation, have proven to be remarkably adept at retaining and exercising ever-increasing amounts of self-determination even when faced with powerful external constraints and limited resources. Now in this fourth edition of David E. Wilkins' The Navajo Political Experience, political developments of the last decade are discussed and analyzed comprehensively, and with as much accessibility as thoroughness and detail.

Produktdetails

• Spectrum Series: Race and Ethnicity in National and Global Politics
• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 330
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Juni 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 537g
• ISBN-13: 9781442221444
• ISBN-10: 1442221445
• Artikelnr.: 39155823

Autorenporträt

By David E. Wilkins

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Acknowledgments Introduction Key Terms Selected Readings Notes PART
I Foundations of Diné Government and Relations with the United States
Chapter 1 Dine National Government: An Historical Overview Introduction
Diné Traditional Government The Naataanii (Headmen and Headwomen of
Traditional Society) The Naachid Diné Government: 1700-1846 Diné
Governmental Change During the Early American Period: 1846-1921 Treaty of
1849 (also known as Washington's Treaty) Treaty of 1868 Importance of the
Treaties The Birth of Local Government: 1922-1936 Chapters The First Navajo
Tribal Council Navajo Tribal Reorganization: 1936-1938 Diné Tribal
Government: 1940-1989 Democratization of the Navajo Nation: Title II
Amendments, 1989 to 2002 Fundamental Law to the Present Conclusion Key
Terms Selected Readings Notes Chapter 2 A Nation Within a Nation
Introduction No Universal Legal Definition A Navajo Understanding of What
Constitutes a Nation The Cultural Side of Navajo National Identity Theories
of Race The Role of Religion Language and Identity Traditions and
Historical Experiences Indigenous Values The Political Side of Navajo
Identity A Distinctive People A Defined Land Base Governing Structures
Sovereignty Tribal Sovereignty The Distinctive Tribal-Federal Relationship
The Treaty Relationship The Trust Relationship Congressional Plenary Power
in Indian Affairs The U.S. Congress and Indian Affairs Congressional
Committees The U.S. President and Indian Affairs The Secretary of the
Interior and the Bureau of Indian Affairs 28 The U.S. Supreme Court and
Indian Affairs 30 Tribal-State Relations 32 Conclusion Key Terms Selected
Readings Notes Chapter 3 Governmental Structure: Its Form and Function
Introduction What Is Government? What Are Politics and Political Science?
Why the Need for Government? Who Has the Power in Government? Ideology
Within American Politics Liberals Conservatives Three Principal Functions
of Government Legislative Executive Judicial Types of Governing Structures
What Is Democracy? Division of Governing Functions Subunits of Government
Structure of the Legislature Conclusion Key Terms Selected Readings Notes
Chapter 4 Federal Indian Policy: An Historical Overview Introduction
Indigenous Independence: 1492-Colonial Era Early United States
Independence: 1776-1828 Removal-Relocation-Reservation: 1828-1887 Allotment
and Assimilation: 1887-1921 Reorganization and Limited Tribal Self-Rule:
1921-1945 Termination: 1945-1961 Tribal Self-Determination and
Self-Governance: 1961-Present Conclusion Key Terms Selected Readings Notes
PART II Institutions of Diné Government Chapter 5 The Framework of Navajo
Government Today Introduction Navajo Nation Code: Principles Navajo Nation
Code: Authority Why Is There a Code and Not a Constitution? Limits to
Navajo Government Power Attempts at Government Reform Conclusion Key Terms
Selected Readings Notes Chapter 6 The Navajo Nation Legislature (The
Council) Introduction What Is a Legislature? The Council and Its Delegates
Committees How a Resolution Becomes Law Factors Influencing Navajo
Lawmakers Reapportionment-"One Navajo-One Vote" Conclusion Key Terms
Selected Readings Notes Chapter 7 The Navajo Nation Executive (The
President and Vice-President) Introduction What is Executive Power? Powers
of the Navajo Nation President Presidential Office and Activities Vacancies
Gifts of Property The Executive Bureaucracy Conclusion Key Terms Selected
Readings Notes Chapter 8 The Navajo Nation Judiciary (The Courts)
Introduction Historical Background of the Navajo Nation Courts Navajo
Nation Court Structure Navajo Supreme Court Navajo District Courts Navajo
Family Courts Navajo Peacemaker Courts Other Related Institutions
Qualifications for Judicial Appointment Tenure of Judges: Cause for Removal
Salaries Conclusion Key Terms Selected Readings Notes Chapter 9 Local
Governing Jurisdictions Introduction Chapters Township(s) District Grazing
Committees Off-Reservation Land Boards Major Irrigation Projects Farm
Boards Agency Councils Conclusion Key Terms Selected Readings Notes PART
III Political Dynamics of Diné Government Chapter 10 Interest Groups and
Diné Politics: From Without and Within Introduction The Navajo Nation 'As
Subject" to Outside Interest Groups The Navajo Nation 'As Subject" to
Inside Interest Groups The Navajo Nation "Acting As" an Interest Group
Conclusion Key Terms Selected Readings Notes Chapter 11 The Navajo Nation
and the Media Introduction The Role of the Media Navajo Nation Media
Enterprises The Navajo Times MacDonald Shuts Down the Paper KTNN: The Radio
Voice of the Navajo Nation Conclusion Key Terms Selected Readings Notes
Chapter 12 Diné Voting, Elections, and Campaign Finances Introduction
Navajo Voting Navajo Election Laws Conclusion Key Terms Selected Readings
Notes Chapter 13 Diné Political Economy Introduction Early Dine Economic
Activity Navajo Treaties & Pawn Livestock Reduction The Beginnings of
Navajo Nationalism Contemporary Status of Dine Economic Development
Conclusion Key Terms Selected Readings Notes APPENDICES