03421nam 2200493 a 450 991077736220332120210114013820.00-292-79996-910.7560/791084(CKB)1000000000000538(OCoLC)44959653(CaPaEBR)ebrary2001290(MiAaPQ)EBC3442954(DE-B1597)586897(DE-B1597)9780292799967(EXLCZ)99100000000000053820150424d1997 uy| 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierAmerican Indian Sovereignty and the U. S. Supreme Court The Masking of Justice[electronic resource]Austin, TX, USAUniversity of Texas Press19971101University of Texas Press1 online resource (421 p.)0-292-79108-9 Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- CHAPTER I. Legal Masks, Legal Consciousness -- CHAPTER 2. The Era of Defining Tribes, Their Lands, and Their Sovereignty -- CHAPTER 3. The Era of Congressional Ascendancy over Tribes: 1886-1903 -- CHAPTER 4. The Era of "Myths": Citizenship, Nomadism, and Moral Progress -- CHAPTER 5. The Era of Judicial Backlash and Land Claims -- CHAPTER 6. The Era of the Imperial Judiciary -- CHAPTER 7. Removing the Masks -- APPENDIX A. Cases Cited -- APPENDIX B. Supreme Court Justices Authoring the Fifteen Opinions Analyzed -- Notes -- Glossary -- References -- Index"Like the miner's canary, the Indian marks the shift from fresh air to poison gas in our political atmosphere; and our treatment of Indians, even more than our treatment of other minorities, reflects the rise and fall in our democratic faith," wrote Felix S. Cohen, an early expert in Indian legal affairs. In this book, David Wilkins charts the "fall in our democratic faith" through fifteen landmark cases in which the Supreme Court significantly curtailed Indian rights. He offers compelling evidence that Supreme Court justices selectively used precedents and facts, both historical and contemporary, to arrive at decisions that have undermined tribal sovereignty, legitimated massive tribal land losses, sanctioned the diminishment of Indian religious rights, and curtailed other rights as well. These case studies—and their implications for all minority groups—make important and troubling reading at a time when the Supreme Court is at the vortex of political and moral developments that are redefining the nature of American government, transforming the relationship between the legal and political branches, and altering the very meaning of federalism.Indians of North AmericaLegal status, laws, etcJustice, Administration ofUnited StatesPOLITICAL SCIENCEbisacAmerican Government / Judicial BranchbisacIndians of North AmericaLegal status, laws, etc.Justice, Administration ofPOLITICAL SCIENCEAmerican Government / Judicial Branch342.73/0872Wilkins David E153157AzTeSBOOK9910777362203321American Indian Sovereignty and the U. S. Supreme Court3744711UNINA