Conscription, Sovereignty, Land: American Indian Resistance during World War I
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Erik M. Zissu
Pacific Historical Review, vol. 64, no. 4, November 1995, pp. 537-566
Description
Argues that resistance occurred for several reasons including that the draft infringed on American Indians' status as non-Citizens, who could not be required to register for service and endangered federal protections of tribal sovereignty resulting in the acceleration toward assimilation, which had been attempted through the allotment process and the liquidation of tribal lands.