| Book Review | The Western Historical Quarterly, 37.4

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Book Review

Cash, Color, and Colonialism: The Politics of Tribal Acknowledgment. By Renée Ann Cramer. (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2005. xxi + 234 pp. Tables, notes, bibliography, index. $24.95.)

Political scientist Renée Ann Cramer's treatment of the tribal acknowledgment process studies the procedures "unrecognized" Native American tribes must go through to obtain official status from the U. S. government, a requirement for access to federal Indian programs, and the rights to operate gaming ventures, among other privileges. Western historians may be disappointed by the book's focus on two eastern states and the author's reluctance to extend its findings to all of Indian Country. Other scholars might wish for a higher degree of analytical rigor. Nevertheless, Cash, Color, and Colonialism provides a lucid overview of the tribal acknowledgment process and raises questions about the controversial issues that surround it.

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