On Indigenous Tax Consciousness: The Socio-Legal History of the Native Village of Venetie Tribal Government, 1938-1987
| dc.creator | Zahnd, Maximilien | |
| dc.date | 2023-11-15T15:34:23Z | |
| dc.date | 2022-10-28 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-08-03T03:12:58Z | |
| dc.description | This thesis explores the relationship between taxation, Indigenous sovereignty, and settler colonialism. Specifically, it chronicles the socio-legal history of the Native Village of Venetie Tribal Government, a Gwich’in tribe from the Alaska interior region. The tribe gained national attention when it attempted to tax a school construction project in the 1980s, triggering a fierce but ultimately unsuccessful judicial battle with the state of Alaska. The thesis seeks to answer the following research questions: How does a tribe develop the idea to use taxation, and why does it decide to use it? The thesis thus strives to explore the origins and contours of what I call ‘Indigenous tax consciousness’. Drawing on archival and field research, I argue that a tribe’s tax consciousness consists of a long and delicate process that often takes years to crystallize. It requires a favorable politico-legal climate, good timing, a few key individuals, and some serendipity. Most importantly, however, Indigenous tax consciousness goes hand in hand with a profound desire to seek political, economic, and cultural empowerment. | |
| dc.format | application/pdf | |
| dc.identifier | https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/360895 | |
| dc.identifier | https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.104103 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://repo.dare.co.zw/handle/123456789/174122 | |
| dc.language | eng | |
| dc.publisher | University of Cambridge | |
| dc.publisher | Scott Polar Research Institute | |
| dc.publisher | Darwin College | |
| dc.rights | All Rights Reserved | |
| dc.rights | https://www.rioxx.net/licenses/all-rights-reserved/ | |
| dc.subject | Alaska Natives | |
| dc.subject | Legal History | |
| dc.subject | Sovereignty | |
| dc.subject | Tax | |
| dc.title | On Indigenous Tax Consciousness: The Socio-Legal History of the Native Village of Venetie Tribal Government, 1938-1987 | |
| dc.type | Thesis | |
| dc.type | Doctoral | |
| dc.type | Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) |