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This paper was written in January, 2014, while the author was still an undergraduate student at Dresden University of Technology. It focuses on Native Americans within the United States and their struggle to achieve tribal sovereignty and self-determination. The author examines the special relationship between indigenous tribes and the federal government and how it has changed throughout the years. The consequences of America´s Indian policies are analyzed in relation to the Red Power movement of the 1960s and 70s.

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Katya Radovanova was born in Montana, Bulgaria in 1989. At the age of 20, she moved to Dresden, Germany, where she enrolled in Dresden University of Technology. She majored in British and American studies and Art History. Currently, she is pursuing a Master of Arts degree in British and American studies with a focus on American cultural history.

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