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Record Nr.

UNINA9910815865603321

Autore

Wilkins David E (David Eugene), <1954->

Titolo

Documents of Native American political development : 1500s to 1933 / / David E. Wilkins

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, [England] : , : Oxford University Press, , 2009

©2009

ISBN

1-281-94440-8

9786611944407

0-19-971668-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (561 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

WilkinsDavid E <1954-> (David Eugene)

Disciplina

323.1197

Soggetti

Indians of North America - Politics and government

Indians of North America - Government relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; LIST OF NATIVE PEOPLES; LIST OF DOCUMENTS BY SUBJECT; Introduction; APPENDIX: SELECTED INTERNET SITES; BIBLIOGRAPHIC ESSAY; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

Acknowledgments. List of Native Peoples. List of Documents by Subject. Introduction. Documents:. 1. Great Law of Peace, Gayanashagowa (1000--1525?). 2. Laws of Praying Town Indians (1646). 3. Laws of the Cherokee Nation (1808-1817). 4. The Criminal Code of Tenskwatawa (Shawnee Prophet) (1805?). 5. Laws of the Creek Nation (1817-1824). 6. Cherokee Constitution (1827). 7. Description of Winnebago Government by Caleb Atwater, U.S. Commissioner (1829). 8. Laws of the Nez Perce (1844). 9. Constitutional Ordinance of the Seneca Nation (1845). 10. Constitution of the Seneca Nation of Indians (1848).