
Indigenous Citizens
Native Americans' Fight for Sovereignty, 1776-2025
Paul C. Rosier(Author)
WW Norton & Co (Publisher)
Will be published approx. on 24. April 2026
Book
Hardback
384 pages
978-1-324-10587-9 (ISBN)
Description
Indigenous Citizens chronicles Native Americans' extraordinary resilience and resistance to colonialism, coercive assimilation programmes such as Indian Boarding Schools and white Americans' backlash against their treaty rights, from the American Revolution to the 2024 election. It highlights their efforts to both preserve tribal sovereignty and secure the civil rights accorded to other Americans, a dual citizenship codified in the 1924 Indian Citizenship Act. Covering the arc of American history, Paul C. Rosier reveals Indigenous Americans' vision of a country that lives up to the ideals expressed in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. Through patriotic military service, activism and political writings Native Americans championed their belief in a multicultural America that honoured its legal obligations as it assumed international prominence in the twentieth century. Indigenous Citizens is unique in its breadth, its focus on the evolution of Native peoples' dual allegiances and its coverage of twenty-first-century Indigenous issues.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Illustrations
18 images throughout
Dimensions
Height: 232 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 34 mm
Weight
630 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-324-10587-9 (9781324105879)
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E-Book
03/2026
W. W. Norton & Company
€31.99
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Person
Paul C. Rosier is professor of history and director of the Lepage Center for History in the Public Interest at Villanova University. Author of Serving Their Country, he received the American Indian National Book Award. He lives in Doylestown, Pennsylvania.