Basket Diplomacy: Leadership, Alliance-Building, and Resilience Among the Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana, 1884-1984 9781496212085
Before the Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana became one of the state's top private employers--with its vast landholdings
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Table of contents :
Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. “Don’t Forget Your Gumbo Bowl”
2. Refusing to Be Overlooked
3. Abandoned, Not Terminated
4. Poor but Not Hopeless
5. An Unusual Road to Recognition
6. Controlling the Conversation
Epilogue
Appendix
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. “Don’t Forget Your Gumbo Bowl”
2. Refusing to Be Overlooked
3. Abandoned, Not Terminated
4. Poor but Not Hopeless
5. An Unusual Road to Recognition
6. Controlling the Conversation
Epilogue
Appendix
Notes
Bibliography
Index
