TY - GEN N2 - "Who counts as an American Indian? Which groups qualify as Indian tribes? These questions have become increasingly complex in the past several decades, and federal legislation and the rise of tribal-owned casinos have raised the stakes in the ongoing debate. In this revealing study, historian Mark Edwin Miller describes how and why dozens of previously unrecognized tribal groups in the southeastern states have sought, and sometimes won, recognition, often to the dismay of the Five Tribe--the Cherokees, Chickasaws, Choctaws, Creeks, and Seminoles." -- Publisher's website. AB - "Who counts as an American Indian? Which groups qualify as Indian tribes? These questions have become increasingly complex in the past several decades, and federal legislation and the rise of tribal-owned casinos have raised the stakes in the ongoing debate. In this revealing study, historian Mark Edwin Miller describes how and why dozens of previously unrecognized tribal groups in the southeastern states have sought, and sometimes won, recognition, often to the dismay of the Five Tribe--the Cherokees, Chickasaws, Choctaws, Creeks, and Seminoles." -- Publisher's website. T1 - Claiming tribal identitythe Five Tribes and the politics of federal acknowledgment / DA - [2013] CY - Norman : AU - Miller, Mark Edwin, CN - EBSCOhost CN - E78.O45 PB - University of Oklahoma Press, PP - Norman : PY - [2013] ID - 693756 KW - Five Civilized Tribes KW - Five Civilized Tribes KW - Five Civilized Tribes KW - Federally recognized Indian tribes KW - Indians of North America KW - Indians of North America KW - Indians of North America SN - 9780806150512 SN - 0806150513 TI - Claiming tribal identitythe Five Tribes and the politics of federal acknowledgment / LK - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=632485 UR - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=632485 ER -