Book
An assumption of sovereignty: social and political transformation among the Florida Seminoles, 1953-1979
University of Nebraska Press • Lincoln • Published In 1996 • Pages:
By: Kersey, Harry A..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This monograph discusses two important issues for Native Americans -- sovereignty and polity. The author shows how these two concepts apply to the Seminoles of Florida particularly during the volatile decades following World War II during which the tribes' social, economic, and political structures were changed to meet the challenges of the new era. In this document Kersey describes the Seminoles' exercise of sovereignty through the establishment of tax free smoke shops and high stake bingo parlors on the reservations, the settlement of their land claims cases and the resolution of their water rights and use of conservation areas, all of which involve a progression of court decisions and federal statutes establishing the tribal parameters of sovereignty (pp., xi-xii).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Real property
- Tribe and nation
- Form and rules of government
- Advisers to the chief executive
- External relations
- Public welfare
- Litigation
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Seminole
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2003
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Eastern Woodlands
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle ; 2001
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1900 - 1979
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Florida, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Harry A. Kersey, Jr.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-253) and index
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 950363
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Seminole Indians