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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.

Paul Robertson has lived on Pine Ridge Indian Reservation since 1980. He is the current Chair of the Human Development and Social Justice Department at Oglala Lakota College.

Table of Contents Preface and Acknowledgements List of Maps and Plates List of Tables and Figures Chapter 1. Makoce Ta Wowasake: The Power of the Land Chapter 2. Roots of Ethnic Difference Chapter 3. Cattle, Grass, and Ethnic Conflict at the Grassroots Chapter 4. The Oglala Omniciye and the Struggle for the Land Chapter 5. Doing Their Patriotic Duty: The World War I Takeover of Oglala Lands Chapter 6. Representative Democracy and the Politics of Exclusion Chapter 7. Land and Power in the Era of the IRA Chapter 8. A Nation in Crisis, Poised for Change Abbreviations Used in Footnotes References Cited

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