New York : W.W. Norton and Company, [2026]
©2026

English

A sweeping history of Native Americans' fraught relationship with United States citizenship and their efforts to protect tribal sovereignty

Introduction -- Part one: contesting assimilation, 1776-1924 -- "It was enough that they were Indians": racial conflict in the early republic, 1776-1829 -- "We cannot consent to be under your government": ethnic cleansing during the "Removal Period," 1830-1838 -- "The citizenship plan": Native people's fight for autonomy, 1838-1887 -- "Into the swim of American citizenship": forced allotment in Indian Country, 1887-1917 -- "The club of white man's wisdom": forced assimilation in Indian Boarding Schools, 1887-1917 -- "For the honor of the race and the good of the country": creating a dual citizenship, 1911-1928 -- Part two: demanding their rights, 1924-2025 -- "Citizen Indians, get busy": the fight for citizenship and sovereignty, 1924-1945 -- "No Indians and dogs allowed": Indigenous citizens' fight for civil rights, 1945-1951 -- "The great contradiction of dual citizenship": the resistance against termination, 1945-1961 -- "It is up to you to use your rights": Indigenous citizens' fight for Treaty Rights, 1961-1974 -- "Those dumb Indians ought to be shot": white backlash to Indigenous Sovereignty, 1974-2000 -- "Dual citizens of this country": Indigenous politics in the twenty-first century

Native Americans' fight for sovereignty, 1776-2025

Indians of North America -- Legal status, laws, etc

Indians of North America -- Government relations

Indians of North America -- Civil rights

Sovereignty

Informational works.

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AHML Diversity book project -- Indigenous interest