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As old ways faded on reservations, tribal power shifted

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Author: 
Steve Young
Year: 
2014

As old ways faded on reservations, tribal power shifted

As old ways faded on reservations, tribal power shifted
As old ways faded on reservations, tribal power shifted

Long before the 1934 Indian Reorganization Act transformed tribal government, before nepotism and retaliation became plagues upon reservation life, there were nacas.

Headsmen, the Lakota and Dakota called them. Men designated from their tiospayes, or extended families, to represent their clans when they came together for larger tribal matters, such as where to hunt that year...

accountability, checks and balances, consensus decision-making, nepotism, separating politics and administration, separation of powers, traditional governance systems
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Oglala Sioux Tribe
Standing Rock Sioux Tribe
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Young, Steve. "As old ways faded on reservations, tribal power shifted." Argus Leader. April 27, 2014. Article. (http://www.argusleader.com/story/news/2014/04/27/old-ways-faded-reservat..., accessed April 28, 2014)

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