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Title: Whats So Great About Being Civilized? The Socioeconomic Position of the Five Civilized Tribes in Oklahoma

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Publication Year: 2009

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Abstract: European voluntary assimilation has been studied in great detail, but the success of the compulsory assimilation (a term I construct and define as forced assimilation through the social institution of federal law) of the Five Civilized Tribes (FCT) has not been studied in terms of their current socioeconomic position. The prevalent argument within social science is that as American Indians1 assimilate to the mainstream culture their socioeconomic position should improve (Snipp 1989). According to this logic, I argue that a number of factors should situate the FCT in socioeconomic parity with the general population of Oklahoma. This research examines the effects of compulsory assimilation through the current socioeconomic position of the FCT in Oklahoma, as measured by models of OLS regression and sequential logit data analysis. The findings indicate that the FCT still lag behind on basic socioeconomic indicators. I propose this is due to negative racial positioning rather than a failure to assimilate.

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Authors: Robertson, Dwanna L.

Publisher: Oklahoma State University

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Race and Ethnicity

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