The Changing Political and Economic Status of the American Indians: From Captive Nations to Internal Colonies
Abstract
Resource development on American Indian lands is bringing about a dramatic transformation of the political and economic status of American Indians. Recently, scholars observing this change have increasingly used underdevelopment theory to explain the nature of these changes. However, this discussion points out that as applied to American Indians, the perspective of underdevelopment theory is skewed in several important ways. Specifically, it fails to take into account the distinctive historical and political status of Indians in American society, A simple typology, captive nations 2Lad internal colonies is proposed for describing the status of Indian tribes before and after development.
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For centuries, Native Americans have experienced internal colonialism.
“For centuries, Native Americans have experienced internal colonialism (Snipp 1986(Snipp , 1992)), a situation in which a more powerful majority physically, socially, and/or culturally isolates an indigenous people and maintains economically exploitive relations with that minority.”
From Criminal Justice in Indian Country: A Theoretical and Empirical Agenda (2019) · cites this paper as Snipp 1986
Native American tribes are better characterized as captive nations and internal colonies, necessitating a more institutional focus.
“Instead, critics contend that Native American tribes are better characterized as captive nations and internal colonies, necessitating a more institutional focus”
From Criminal Justice in Indian Country: A Theoretical and Empirical Agenda (2019) · cites this paper as Snipp 1986
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- Authors
- Snipp, C. M.
- Affiliations
- University of Maryland, College Park (US)
- Corresponding author
- Snipp, C. Matthew
- ORCID
- Snipp, C. Matthew
- Venue
- The American Journal of Economics and Sociology
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 1986-04
- Volume
- 45
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 145-158
- ISSN
- 0002-9246 (ISSN-L)
- 1536-7150
- OpenAlex
- W1485690845
- Cited by
- 74
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2025: 1 · 2024: 2 · 2022: 3 · 2019: 4 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 1 · 2015: 1 · 2014: 4 · 2013: 21 · 2012: 2
- FWCI
- 11.41
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- American Journal of Economics and Sociology (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Anthropology › Indigenous Cultures and History
- Social Sciences › Law › Indigenous Peoples' Rights and Law
- Social Sciences › Health › Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights
- Keywords
- Native Americans, resource development, underdevelopment theory, political status, economic status, internal colony, tribal status
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