The work of collective memories in the preservation of tribal land : In the case of The Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation

本研究探讨了世纪美国一个土著部落在其部落主权中的集体记忆工作。通过访谈和档案研究，以北方夏延部落为例，发现保留地--联邦托管地--随着部落集体记忆的积极利用，已经被翻译为“家园”。1878年的印第安人大迁徙被翻译为“祖先祭祀”，并被认为是建立部落保留地的直接原因。对历史事件的记忆是部落土地政策的核心，旨在获得和控制所有保留地。

This study examines the work of collective memories of a Native American tribe in its tribal sovereignty in the 20th century United States. Through the interview and archive research, in the case of the Northern Cheyenne tribe, it is found that the reservation, federal trust land, has been translated to "homeland" with the active use of tribal collective memories. The exodus from Indian Territory(1878) has been translated to "ancestral sacrifice," and considered as a direct cause of the establishment of the tribal reservation. The memory of the historical event has functioned as a center piece of the tribe's land policy which aims to acquire and control all reservation land.