03311nam 2200757Ia 450 991077816930332120230616235434.00-674-02053-710.4159/9780674020535(CKB)1000000000786921(StDuBDS)AH23050585(SSID)ssj0000173596(PQKBManifestationID)11177603(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000173596(PQKBWorkID)10174136(PQKB)10948186(DE-B1597)457546(OCoLC)1049632543(OCoLC)1054877619(OCoLC)979880243(DE-B1597)9780674020535(Au-PeEL)EBL3300440(CaPaEBR)ebr10318433(OCoLC)923111368(MiAaPQ)EBC3300440(EXLCZ)99100000000078692120050215d2005 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtccrHow the Indians lost their land[electronic resource] law and power on the frontier /Stuart BannerCambridge, MA Belknap Press of Harvard University Press20051 online resource (344 p. ) ill., portOriginally published: 2005.0-674-02396-X Includes bibliographical references (p. [297]-336) and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Native Proprietors -- 2. Manhattan for Twenty-four Dollars -- 3. From Contract to Treaty -- 4. A Revolution in Land Policy -- 5. From Ownership to Occupancy -- 6. Removal -- 7. Reservations -- 8. Allotment -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- IndexBetween the early seventeenth century and the early twentieth, nearly all the land in the United States was transferred from American Indians to whites. How did Indians actually lose their land? Stuart Banner argues that neither simple coercion nor simple consent reflects the complicated legal history of land transfers. Instead, time, place, and the balance of power between Indians and settlers decided the outcome of land struggles.Indians of North AmericaLand tenureIndians of North AmericaLegal status, laws, etcIndians of North AmericaGovernment relationsIndian land transfersUnited StatesHistoryPropertyUnited StatesLand tenureLaw and legislationUnited StatesLand tenureGovernment policyUnited StatesUnited StatesPolitics and governmentUnited StatesRace relationsIndians of North AmericaLand tenure.Indians of North AmericaLegal status, laws, etc.Indians of North AmericaGovernment relations.Indian land transfersHistory.PropertyLand tenureLaw and legislationLand tenureGovernment policy333.2HU 1726rvkBanner Stuart1963-281269MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910778169303321How the Indians lost their land1225855UNINA