The Lakota Response to Public Law 83-280: 1950-1959
Theses
Author/Creator
Edward Charles Valandra
Description
American Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--State University of New York at Buffalo, 2001.
Argues that the Métis were not an impediment to Euro-Canadian development and that their fight to be recognized as a "New Nation" played a significant role in the creation of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta.
Lesson uses interviews with Pat Vegas and Redbone from the documentary Rumble: The Indians That Rocked the World as a jumping-off point to examine the U.S. government's efforts to control Native American culture by way of music.
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