Choctaw Nation: A Story of American Indian Resurgence

Valerie Lambert treats nation-building as a long-running activity for the Choctaw, who have rebuilt their tribal nation after repeated challenges to their sovereignty. The book covers Choctaw culture, society and history up to 1970, then turns to political mobilisation and the reconstitution of the tribe.

Later chapters examine the 1995 tribal election, the way identity, race and economic development shaped Kalichito Town, and a 2001 water-rights dispute that tested Choctaw claims to sovereignty. The author draws on fieldwork, oral histories and archival sources.

Readers interested in tribal governance, economic development and American Indian politics in the late twentieth century will find the study useful. Edition note: published by University of Nebraska Press in 2007, 302 pages, ISBN-13 9780803211056.