Waging sovereignty Native Americans and the transformation of work in the twentieth century

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	O'Neill, Colleen M., 1961- (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Chapel Hill The University of North Carolina Press [2026]
Subjects:	Indians of North America > Government relations > 1934- Indians of North America > Ethnic identity > History > 20th century. Indians of North America > Employment > History > 20th century. Indians of North America > Cultural assimilation > History > 20th century. Since 1900 Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

Introduction. Beyond the civil rights paradigm: Thinking about class, Native American workers, and colonial legacies
The civilizing machine: Indian boarding schools as labor contractors
Building, digging, and sewing: Working for wages on federal relief projects in the 1930s
The limits of "positive programming": American Indians, gender, and the postwar urban relocation program
Jobs and sovereignty: The development of the Tribal Employment Rights movement
Labor rights or sovereignty rights? The challenge of gaming
Conclusion. Sovereignty rights and work: Anti-colonial history in the making