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Peer reviewedHill, L. Brooks; Lujan, Philip – American Indian Culture and Research Journal, 1983
Examines the Smith John case--in which the United States Supreme Court secured official recognition of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw as a tribe--as an example of "rhetorical games" used by different cultural groups to manipulate each other. Suggests alternative rhetorical strategies that would benefit the state and the Mississippi…
Descriptors: American Indians, Court Litigation, Federal Courts, Federal Indian Relationship
