Claiming Turtle Mountain's Constitution
The History, Legacy, and Future of a Tribal Nation's Founding Documents
Keith Richotte Jr.
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Imprint: The University of North Carolina Press
Published: 08/2017
Pages: 304
Subject: History, Law
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Print ISBN: 9780000000000
eBook ISBN: 9781469634531
DESCRIPTION
In this book, Keith Richotte Jr. offers a critical examination of one tribal nation's decision to adopt a constitution. By asking why the citizens of Turtle Mountain voted to adopt the document despite perceived flaws, he confronts assumptions about how tribal constitutions came to be, reexamines the status of tribal governments in the present, and offers a fresh set of questions as we look to the future of governance in Native America and beyond.