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..
Abstract
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).
- HRAF PubDate
- 2003
- Region
- North America
- Sub Region
- Eastern Woodlands
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- John Beierle ; 2001
- Field Date
- no date
- Coverage Date
- 1900 - 1979
- Coverage Place
- Florida, United States
- Notes
- Harry A. Kersey, Jr.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-253) and index
- LCCN
- 950363
- LCSH
- Seminole Indians