Reference Request
Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives
Accession 10-009
National Museum of the American Indian. Office of Education and Museum Programs. Publications Office
Publications, 2009
Descriptive Entry
This accession consists of the National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) publication, American Indians/American Presidents: A History. The book, co-published with HarperCollins, was edited by Clifford E. Trafzer and includes essays by five scholars of Native American history, including Robert W. Venables, Donna Akers, Matthew Sakiestewa Gilbert, Duane Champagne, and Troy R. Johnson. American Indians/American Presidents: A History explores the relationship of tribal leaders and American presidents; covering what they said and felt about one another, and how their words and actions framed relations between Native nations and the United States. The book also shows how Native people advanced their own agenda for tribal sovereignty, from the 18th century to the present.
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This collection is indexed under the following access terms. These are links to collections with related topics, persons or places.
Name
- Akers, Donna
- American Indians/American Presidents: A History (Monograph : 2009)
- Champagne, Duane
- Gilbert, Matthew Sakiestewa
- HarperCollins (Firm)
- Johnson, Troy R.
- Trafzer, Clifford E.
- Venables, Robert W.
Subject
- Indian leadership
- Indians of North America -- Government relations
- Indians of North America -- Politics and government
- Museum publications
- Presidents -- United States -- History
- Presidents -- United States -- Racial attitudes
- Self-determination, National
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Preferred Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 10-009, National Museum of the American Indian. Office of Education and Museum Programs. Publications Office, Publications