Building a Nation : Chickasaw Museums and the Construction of History and Heritage.

Building a Nation : Chickasaw Museums and the Construction of History and Heritage.

The Chickasaw Nation, an American Indian nation headquartered in southeastern Oklahoma, entered into a period of substantial growth in the late 1980s. Following its successful reorganization and expansion, which was enabled by federal policies for tribal self-determination, the Nation pursued gaming...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gorman, Joshua M.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, 2011.
Series:Contemporary American Indian studies.
Subjects:
Chickasaw Indians > Economic conditions.
Chickasaw Indians > Social conditions.
Chickasaw Indians > Politics and government.
Gambling on Indian reservations > Chickasaw Nation, Oklahoma.
Community museums > Chickasaw Nation, Oklahoma.
Self-determination, National > Chickasaw Nation, Oklahoma.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
Community museums
Economic history
Gambling on Indian reservations
Politics and government
Self-determination, National
Chickasaw
Historische Stätte
Wirtschaft
Gesellschaft
Chickasaw Nation, Oklahoma > Economic conditions.
Chickasaw Nation, Oklahoma > Politics and government.
Chickasaw Nation, Oklahoma
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Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Museums and American Indians in Context; 2. The Chickasaw Council House Museum; 3. The Chickasaw National Capitol and White House; 4. The Chickasaw Cultural Center; 5. Hayochi and the National Museum of the American Indian; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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