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The Power of the Land: Identity, Ethnicity, and Class Among the Oglala Lakota (Native Americans: Interdisciplinaryperspectives)
The Power of the Land Identity Ethnicity and Class Among the Oglala Lakota - Native Americans: Interdisciplinaryperspectives Author:Paul Robertson Power of the Land is the first in-depth look at the past 120 years of struggle over the Oglala Lakota land base on Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. An unholy alliance between the federal government and regional economic interests has led to progressive disenfranchisement of the majority of the Oglala people, and to the devel... more »opment of an ethnically distinct class of Oglala who control the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation land base. Understanding the resulting conflicts is key to understanding the reservation situation as a whole.« less