{"product_id":"organizing-the-lakota-the-political-economy-of-the-new-deal-on-the-pine-ridge-and-rosebud-reservations-9780816518852","title":"Organizing the Lakota: The Political Economy of the New Deal on the Pine Ridge and Rosebud Reservations","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn 1933\u003c\/b\u003e the United States Office of Indian Affairs began a major reform of Indian policy, organizing tribal governments under the provisions of the Indian Reorganization Act and turning over the administration of reservations to these new bodies. \u003ci\u003eOrganizing the Lakota\u003c\/i\u003e considers the implementation of this act among the Lakota (Western Sioux or Teton Dakota) from 1933 through 1945. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Biolsi pays particular attention to the administrative means by which the OIA retained the power to design and implement tribal \"self-government\" as well as the power to control the flow of critical resources--rations, relief employment, credit--to the reservations. He also shows how this imbalance of power between the tribes and the federal bureaucracy influenced politics on the reservations, and argues that the crisis of authority faced by the Lakota tribal governments among their own would-be constituents--most dramatically demonstrated by the 1973 Wounded Knee occupation--is a direct result of their disempowerment by the United States.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Thomas Biolsi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Arizona Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/1998\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 244\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.87lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 6.03w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780816518852\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e2nd Edition\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"University of Arizona Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43195526545545,"sku":"9780816518852","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_392bbc9e-ffd1-4c58-a408-da4a2e4cf272.jpg?v=1733861057","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/organizing-the-lakota-the-political-economy-of-the-new-deal-on-the-pine-ridge-and-rosebud-reservations-9780816518852","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}