When it adopted a new constitution in 1969, the Seminole Nation
was the first of the Five Tribes in Oklahoma to formally reorganize
its government. In the face of an American legal system that sought
either to destroy its nationhood or to impede its self-government,
the Seminole Nation tenaciously retained its internal autonomy,
cultural vitality, and economic subsistence. Here, L. Susan Work
draws on her experience as a tribal attorney to present the first
legal history of the twentieth-century Seminole Nation.
Work traces the Seminoles' story from their removal to Indian
Territory from Florida in the late nineteenth century to the new
challenges of the twenty-first century. She also places the history
of the Seminole Nation within the context of general Indian law and
policy, thereby revealing common threads in the legal struggles and
achievements of the Five Tribes, including their evolving
relationships with both federal and state governments.
As Work amply demonstrates, the history of the Seminole Nation
is one of survival and rebirth. It is a dramatic story of an Indian
nation overcoming formidable obstacles to move forward into the
twenty-first century as a thriving sovereign nation.
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