Intellectual Self-Determination and Sovereignty: Looking at the Windmills in Our Minds

Argues that terms such as self-determination and sovereignty, which were developed as political tools to influence federal Indian policy several decades ago, now contribute to an ideology that relieves Indian college students and scholars of their responsibilities to Indian communities. Suggests tha...

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Published in:Wicazo sa review 1998, Vol.13 (1), p.25-31
Main Author: Deloria, Vine
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
American Indian Studies
American Indians
College Students
Economic theory
Federal Indian Relationship
Higher Education
Identification (Psychology)
Ideology
Intellectual Freedom
Literary criticism
Native Americans
Politics
Professional Identity
School campuses
Self Determination
Slogans
Sovereignty
Special Section on Sovereignty
Student Attitudes
Tribal Sovereignty
United States history
White people
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Summary:Argues that terms such as self-determination and sovereignty, which were developed as political tools to influence federal Indian policy several decades ago, now contribute to an ideology that relieves Indian college students and scholars of their responsibilities to Indian communities. Suggests that American Indian Studies programs clarify what they are teaching and why. (SV)
ISSN:0749-6427
1533-7901
DOI:10.2307/1409027