Description
Book Synopsis
This book analyzes the long and difficult struggle by American Indians to achieve equal voting rights, with an emphasis on seventy court cases based on the Voting Rights Act and/or the Equal Protection Clause.
Trade Review
"A well researched, compelling, and insightful book on the voting rights of American Indians, filling a major gap in judicial politics scholarship...a rich, engaging text...an invaluable text and an excellent starting place for a more in-depth research due to the wealth of resources identified and cited in the materials following the main text." -Scott E. Graves, Georgia State University, The Law and Politics Review
"This is a meticulously researched, clearly written, and highly documented work that is a giant contribution to the analysis of American Indian law within the political science arena of Native American Studies" -Jeffery M. Sanders, Political Science Quarterly
"We owe the authors a great debt of gratitude for gathering this material on VRA legal cases in a form that is usable and digestible for scholars for scholars in a variety of disciplines." -Joy Porter, University of Wales, The Journal of American History
"...the authors make a vital contribution to the emerging political science scholarship on modern American Indian politics. Those who work in the fields of U.S. race and ethnicity politics and U.S. public law will also find Native Vote an important addition to their reading lists. Perspectives on Politics, Kevin Bruyneel, Babson College
Table of Contents
1. From vanishing American to voter: the enfranchisement of American Indians; 2. On account of race or color: the development of the Voting Rights Act; 3. A milestone on the reservation: the Voting Rights Act comes to Indian country; 4. Niha Whol Zhiizh (it's our turn): Indian voting; 5. Going to court for a seat at the table: Fort Belknap versus Blaine County; 6. Lakotas in the legislature: the Bone Shirt case; 7. A fair opportunity: the impact of the Voting Rights Act; 8. From extermination to electorate: Indians in American politics.
