LEADER 05412nam 22006491 450 001 9910652482203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-4422-2669-2 035 $a(CKB)2550000001151793 035 $a(EBL)1504567 035 $a(OCoLC)862049768 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001041124 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12452259 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001041124 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11009662 035 $a(PQKB)10436481 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1504567 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10796481 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1504567 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001151793 100 $a20130624h20132013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe Navajo political experience /$fDavid E. Wilkins 205 $aFourth edition. 210 1$aLanham :$cRowman & Littlefiled Publishers, Inc.,$d[2013] 210 4$dİ2013 215 $a1 online resource (331 p.) 225 0$aSpectrum series, race and ethnicity in national and global politics 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4422-2668-4 311 $a1-4422-2144-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; List of Tables and Figures; Preface; New to This Edition; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Key Terms; Selected Readings; Notes; I: Foundations of Dine? Government and Relations with the United States; Chapter One: Dine? National Government: An Historical Overview; Outline; Introduction; Dine? Traditional Political Life; Dine? Government: 1700-1846; Dine? Governmental Change during the Early American Period: 1846-1921; The Birth of Local Government: 1922-1936; Navajo Tribal Reorganization: 1936-1938; Dine? Tribal Government: 1940-1989 327 $aDemocratization of the Navajo Nation: Title II Amendments, 1989-2002Fundamental Law to the Present; Key Terms; Selected Readings; Notes; Chapter Two: A Nation within a Nation; Outline; Introduction; No Universal Legal Definition; A Navajo Understanding of What Constitutes a Nation; The Cultural Side of Navajo National Identity; The Political Side of Navajo Identity; The Distinctive Native Nation-Federal Relationship; Native Nation-State Relations; Conclusion; Key Terms; Selected Readings; Notes; Chapter Three: Governmental Structure: Its Form and Function; Outline; Introduction 327 $aWhat Is Government?What Are Politics and Political Science?; Why the Need for Government?; Who Has the Power in Government?; The Role of Ideology in American Politics; Three Principal Functions of Government; Types of Governing Structures; What Is Democracy?; Division of Governing Functions; Conclusion; Key Terms; Selected Readings; Notes; Chapter Four: Federal Indian Policy: An Historical Overview; Outline; Introduction; Indigenous Independence: 1492-Colonial Era; Early United States Independence: 1776-1828; Removal-Relocation-Reservation: 1828-1887; Allotment and Assimilation: 1887-1921 327 $aReorganization and Limited Tribal Self-Rule: 1921-1945Termination: 1945-1961; Tribal Self-Determination and Self-Governance: 1961-Present; Conclusion; Key Terms; Selected Readings; Notes; II: Institutions of Dine? Government; Chapter Five: The Framework of Navajo Government Today; Outline; Introduction; Navajo Nation Code: Principles; Navajo Nation Code: Authority; Why Is There a Code and Not a Constitution?; Limits to Navajo Government Power; Attempts at Government Reform; Conclusion; Key Terms; Selected Readings; Notes; Chapter Six: The Navajo Nation Legislature (The Council); Outline 327 $aIntroductionWhat Is a Legislature?; The Council and Its Delegates; Committees; How a Resolution Becomes Law; Factors Influencing Navajo Lawmakers; Reapportionment-"One-Navajo, One-Vote"; Conclusion; Key Terms; Selected Readings; Notes; Chapter Seven: The Navajo Nation Executive (The President and Vice President); Outline; Introduction; What Is Executive Power?; Powers of the Navajo Nation President; Presidential Office and Activities; Vacancies; Gifts of Property; The Executive Bureaucracy; Conclusion; Key Terms; Selected Readings; Notes 327 $aChapter Eight: The Navajo Nation Judiciary (The Courts) 330 $aNative nations, like the Navajo nation, have proven to be remarkably adept at retaining and exercising ever-increasing amounts of self-determination even when faced with powerful external constraints and limited resources. Now in this fourth edition of David E. Wilkins' The Navajo Political Experience, political developments of the last decade are discussed and analyzed comprehensively, and with as much accessibility as thoroughness and detail. 410 0$aSpectrum Series: Race and Ethnicity in National and Global Politics 606 $aIndians of North America$zSouthwest, New$xPolitics and government$vHandbooks, manuals, etc 606 $aNavajo Indians$xPolitics and government$vHandbooks, manuals, etc 615 0$aIndians of North America$xPolitics and government 615 0$aNavajo Indians$xPolitics and government 676 $a979.1004/9726 700 $aWilkins$b David E$g(David Eugene),$f1954-$0254806 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910652482203321 996 $aThe Navajo political experience$92680843 997 $aUNINA