The new Trail of Tears : how Washington is destroying American Indians

The new Trail of Tears : how Washington is destroying American Indians / Naomi Schaefer Riley.

If you want to know why American Indians have the highest rates of poverty of any racial group, why suicide is the leading cause of death among Indian men, why native women are two and a half times more likely to be raped than the national average and why gang violence affects American Indian youth...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Riley, Naomi Schaefer (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Encounter Books, 2016.
Edition:First American edition.
Subjects:
Indians of North America > United States > Government relations.
Indians of North America > United States > Social conditions > 21st century.
Indians of North America > United States > Politics and government.
Indians, Treatment of > United States.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : What does America owe Indians?
  • Part one. The false promise of sovereignty
  • Someone else's responsibility : property rights as Native rights
  • Money instead of freedom : the loophole economy and the politics of poverty
  • Part two. "White people call it nepotism. We call it kinship"
  • Unprepared : a narrative of victimhood
  • Walking in two worlds : the weight of Indian identity
  • Part three. Who will stand up for civil rights?
  • Equal protection : the tribe versus the individual
  • Conclusion : Native Americans as Americans.

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