"A historian who grew up on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation in North Dakota tells how the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara communities on the reservation fought and lost the battle against the inundation of a third of their land by federal construction of the Garrison Dam but, in the process,...

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1. Verfasser:	Parker, Angela Kay 1976- (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Norman University of Oklahoma Press [2024]
Schriftenreihe:	New directions in Native American studies vol. 23
Schlagworte:	Geschichte 1920-1960 Hidatsa Vertreibung Mandan > Volk Arikara USA Fort Berthold- Indianerreservation Indians of North America / Relocation / North Dakota Indians, Treatment of / North Dakota Indian land transfers / Missouri River Valley Missouri River Valley / Race relations Indians of North America / Government relations / 1934- Sovereignty Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, North Dakota / History Garrison Dam (N.D.) / Social aspects Fort Berthold Indian Reservation (N.D.) / Politics and government
Zusammenfassung:	"A historian who grew up on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation in North Dakota tells how the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara communities on the reservation fought and lost the battle against the inundation of a third of their land by federal construction of the Garrison Dam but, in the process, found ways to preserve and rebuild their culture, their shared history, their stories, their sense of place, and their sovereignty." "'The single most destructive act ever perpetrated on any tribe by the United States,' Vine Deloria Jr. called it. For the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara communities living on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation in North Dakota, the construction of the Garrison Dam as part of the New Deal-era Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program meant the flooding of a third of their land, including their most fertile agricultural acreage, the loss of their homes, and wrenching relocation. In Damming the Reservation, Angela K. Parker, an enrolled member of the Three Affiliated Tribes, offers a deeply researched, unflinching history of the tribes' fight to preserve and rebuild their culture, shared history, common stories, sense of place, and sovereignty." "With the richly informed and deeply personal perspective of a historian and descendant of those who survived these events, Parker tracks the riverine communities from 1920 to 1960, in the years before, during, and after the Army Corps of Engineers did its devastating work. By studying the inextricable link between on-the-ground conditions and national policy, she builds a cohesive narrative for twentieth-century Native American history that hinges on the assertion of Indigenous sovereignties. These battles over land, water, and resources that constitute the "territory" required to maintain a working sovereign body are at the very heart of the Native American past, present, and future. The author shows how Indigenous resistance to the Garrison Dam created a new generation of activists, including Tillie Walker, the focus of the book's epilogue."
Beschreibung:	xi, 263 Seiten Illustrationen, Karten, Porträts, Diagramme 24 cm
ISBN:	9780806194615