{"product_id":"choctaws-at-the-crossroads-sandra-faiman-silva-9780803269026","title":"Choctaws at the Crossroads: The Political Economy of Class and Culture in the Oklahoma Timber Region","description":"\u003ci\u003eChoctaws at the Crossroads\u003c\/i\u003e examines the political economy of the Choctaws at the end of the twentieth century. Forcibly relocated in the 1830s from the lower Mississippi Valley to the southeastern corner of Indian Territory, the Choctaws today are a dynamic and complex rural ethnic community in Oklahoma. Many work as nonunionized laborers for large corporations, yet they seek to maintain some aspects of their traditional way of life. Combining fieldwork and archival research, Sandra Faiman-Silva uncovers the processes by which the local economic and social practices of the Choctaws have become intertwined with and, in some respects, dependent on corporate and global economic forces. Low wages and often temporary work force the Choctaws to supplement their income through tribal economic assistance and through traditional practices of horticulture, fishing, craft production, canning, and residence sharing. Faiman-Silva finds a troubling paradox in this strategy. Such traditional economic activities are central to Choctaw identity and way of life and are outside the non-Indian controlled, capitalist system; at the same time, these practices help sustain the power and profits of corporations. This sensitive and theoretically informed study makes an important contribution to understanding the historic, economic, and social conditions of contemporary Native Americas.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sandra Faiman-Silva\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0803269021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780803269026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Nebraska Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 285\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.04h x 6.01w x 0.71d","brand":"Sandra Faiman-Silva","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44120245371135,"sku":"9780803269026","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f0a4916e-598d-42de-a7ec-95f2cac21593.jpg?v=1687413287","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/choctaws-at-the-crossroads-sandra-faiman-silva-9780803269026","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}