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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784955003321

Autore

Echo-Hawk Walter R

Titolo

In the courts of the conqueror [[electronic resource] ] : the 10 worst Indian law cases ever decided / / Walter R. Echo-Hawk

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Golden, Colo., : Fulcrum Pub., c2010

ISBN

1-282-71883-5

9786612718830

1-55591-788-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (577 p.)

Disciplina

342.7308/72

Soggetti

Indians of North America - Legal status, laws, etc

Indians of North America - Legal status, laws, etc - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Foreword / Patricia Nelson Limerick -- The courts of the conqueror -- A context for understanding Native American issues -- Justice, injustice, and the dark side of federal Indian law -- Johnson v. M'Intosh : how the Indians lost legal title to America -- Cherokee Nation v. Georgia : shutting the courthouse doors -- Connors v. United States & Cheyenne Indians : were the Indian wars legal? -- Lone Wolf v. Hitchcock : breaking the treaties -- United States v. Sandoval : rule by guardianship -- In re adoption of John Doe v. Heim : taking the kids -- Wana the Bear v. Community Construction : taking the dead -- Employment Division v. Smith : taking the religion -- Lyng v. Northwest Indian Cemetery Association : taking the holy places -- Tee-Hit-Ton Indians v. United States : confiscating indigenous habitat -- Was genocide legal? -- Reforming the dark side of federal Indian law -- Afterword / by Charles Wilkinson.

Sommario/riassunto

A vital contribution not only to Native American history, but also to American history.