Recognition, Sovereignty Struggles, and Indigenous Rights in the UnitedStates

Amy E. Den Ouden is associate professor of women's studies at the University of Massachusetts-Boston, USA. She is author of Beyond Conquest: Native Peoples and the Struggle for History in New England. Jean M. O'Brien (White Earth Ojibwe) is professor of history at the University of Minnesota, USA. She is author of Dispossession by Degrees: Indian Land and Identity in Natick, Massachusetts, 1650-1790, and Firsting and Lasting: Writing Indians Out of Existence in New England.

A real strength of this book is the inclusion of a significant number of contributions by Native scholars.--Oregon Historical Quarterly As a primer on the complexities of recognition struggles, and as a source book providing insightful case studies for undergraduate instruction, the book is a rousing success.--Western Historical Quarterly Impressive volume. . . . Recommended. All academic levels/libraries.--Choice This volume deserves a wide readership among scholars, students, and community leaders interested in the political rights of indigenous people in the United States.--American Indian Quarterly