Coiled intent: Federal Acknowledgment Policy and the Gay Head Wampanoags. (Volumes I and II).

Title: Coiled intent: Federal Acknowledgment Policy and the Gay Head Wampanoags. (Volumes I and II).
Identifier: AAI9431359
identifier: 9431359
Creator: Grabowski, Christine Tracey.
Contributor: Adviser: Vincent Crapanzano
Date: 1994
Language: English
Publisher: City University of New York.
Subject: Anthropology, Cultural | Law | History, United States
Abstract: Federal Acknowledgment Policy (or FAP as it is commonly called) enables unrecognized American Indian tribes to petition the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) for a change in their legal status, thereby becoming eligible for all of the protections, rights and immunities currently enjoyed by federally recognized tribes. Focusing primarily upon the experiences of one petitioning group, the Gay Head Wampanoags of Massachusetts, this dissertation critically examines the authority and power of the FAP process and the latter's impact upon tribal sovereignty. Analyzing FAP not merely as a legal text but as a process, the thesis explores the codification of the regulations (25 CFR 83), the evaluation of evidence by the BIA's Branch of Acknowledgment and Research (BAR) and the aftermath of the Gay Head "Final Determination." This includes the latter's immediate effect upon the Gay Head Indians and the long-term consequences for subsequent petitions and policy-making.
Type: dissertation
Source: PQT Legacy CUNY.xlsx
degree: Ph.D.

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