Leeds, Georgia Rae
The United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma

The United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma, 65 percent of whose members are fullblooded Indians, asserts that it predates the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma and represents the real Cherokees. The Bureau of Indian Affairs recognized the Band as the only legal entity among the Cherokee Tribe, yet, the Cherokee Nation, 90 percent of whose members are less than one-quarter Indian blood quantum, usurped the Band's sovereignty. This study traces the source of confusion and contention about the legal and ethnic status of the Band and follows its struggle for self-determination against their politically and numerically superior adversary. Appendices include a number of constituent legal documents from 1859 onward as well as the Band's Membership Ordinances of 1963 and 1964. XVIII,296 Seiten mit 11 Tab. und 30 Tafeln, broschiert (American University Studies. Series IX: History; Vol. 184/Peter Lang Verlag 2000) Mängelexemplar/near mint