Description |
1 online resource (222 pages). |
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Series |
Contemporary American Indian studies
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Contemporary American Indian studies.
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Contents |
Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Museums and American Indians in Context; 2. The Chickasaw Council House Museum; 3. The Chickasaw National Capitol and White House; 4. The Chickasaw Cultural Center; 5. Hayochi and the National Museum of the American Indian; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index. |
Summary |
The Chickasaw Nation, an American Indian nation headquartered in southeastern Oklahoma, entered into a period of substantial growth in the late 1980s. Following its successful reorganization and expansion, which was enabled by federal policies for tribal self-determination, the Nation pursued gaming and other industries to affect economic growth. From 1987 to 2009 the Nation & rsquo;s budget increased exponentially as tribal investments produced increasingly large revenues for a growing Chickasaw population. Coincident to this growth, the Chickasaw Nation began acquiring and creating museums an. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Local Note |
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Subject |
Chickasaw Nation, Oklahoma. |
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Chickasaw Indians -- Economic conditions.
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Chickasaw Indians. |
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Economic conditions. |
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Chickasaw Indians -- Social conditions.
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Social conditions. |
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Chickasaw Indians -- Politics and government.
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Politics and government. |
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Gambling on Indian reservations -- Chickasaw Nation, Oklahoma.
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Gambling on Indian reservations. |
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Chickasaw Nation, Oklahoma. |
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Indian Museum -- Chickasaw Nation, Oklahoma.
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Indian Museum. |
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Self-determination, National -- Chickasaw Nation, Oklahoma.
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Self-determination, National. |
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Chickasaw Nation, Oklahoma -- Economic conditions.
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Chickasaw Nation, Oklahoma -- Politics and government.
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Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Gorman, Joshua M. Building a Nation : Chickasaw Museums and the Construction of History and Heritage. Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, ©2011 9780817317409 |
ISBN |
9780817385620 (electronic book) |
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0817385622 (electronic book) |
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9780817317409 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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0817317406 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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