American Indian Self-Governance : Fact, Fantasy and Prospects for the Future

By Churchill, Ward

Book Id: WPLBN0000705063
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Reproduction Date: 2005

Title:	American Indian Self-Governance : Fact, Fantasy and Prospects for the Future
Author:	Churchill, Ward
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Language:	English
Subject:	Government publications, United Nations Publications, Commission on Human Rights
Collections:	Center For World Indigenous Studies (CWIS) Collection
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Publisher:	Center For World Indigenous Studies (CWIS) and The Fourth World Documentation Project


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Excerpt
Excerpt: The question of self-governance among American Indian nations encapsulated within what is now the United States of America is one of the more confused issues in modern politics. While there is a general understanding that the indigenous nations of North America once existed as fully self-governing entities, those concerned with the matter have proven spectacularly unable to arrive at even a common definition of what constitutes (or might constitute) contemporary Indian self-governance, whether it presently exists or, if it does not, how it might be achieved. The present paper is an effort to examine both the proper meanings (facts) of self-governance and misunderstandings (fantasies), apply these observations to the situation in which Indian nations presently find themselves vis a vis the U.S., and advance a prospectus for Indian self-governance over the coming decades. Insofar as the space allowed for pursuit of these themes is quite limited, only the briefest overview will be possible.