Providing For The Disposition Of Funds Appropriated To Pay Judgments In Favor Of The Seminole Tribe Of Oklahoma In Dockets No 150 And 248 Of The Indian Claims Commission And For Other Purposes

Author : L. Susan Work
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN 13 : 0806186682
Total Pages : 355 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (61 download)

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Download or read book The Seminole Nation of Oklahoma written by L. Susan Work and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2014-10-22 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When it adopted a new constitution in 1969, the Seminole Nation was the first of the Five Tribes in Oklahoma to formally reorganize its government. In the face of an American legal system that sought either to destroy its nationhood or to impede its self-government, the Seminole Nation tenaciously retained its internal autonomy, cultural vitality, and economic subsistence. Here, L. Susan Work draws on her experience as a tribal attorney to present the first legal history of the twentieth-century Seminole Nation. Work traces the Seminoles’ story from their removal to Indian Territory from Florida in the late nineteenth century to the new challenges of the twenty-first century. She also places the history of the Seminole Nation within the context of general Indian law and policy, thereby revealing common threads in the legal struggles and achievements of the Five Tribes, including their evolving relationships with both federal and state governments. As Work amply demonstrates, the history of the Seminole Nation is one of survival and rebirth. It is a dramatic story of an Indian nation overcoming formidable obstacles to move forward into the twenty-first century as a thriving sovereign nation.