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200 14$aThe Indians in American society$b[electronic resource] $efrom the Revolutionary War to the present /$fFrancis Paul Prucha
210   $aBerkeley $cUniversity of California Press$dc1985
215   $a1 online resource (138 p.)
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300   $aEssays presented as the Gasson lectures at Boston College on Nov. 30, 1983, Mar. 14, 1984, Nov. 7, 1984, and Mar. 13, 1985.
300   $aFirst paperback printing 1988.
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320   $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [105]-117) and index.
327   $aPaternalism -- Dependency -- Indian rights -- Self-determination.
330   $aAmerican Indian affairs are much in the public mind today-hotly contested debates over such issues as Indian fishing rights, land claims, and reservation gambling hold our attention. While the unique legal status of American Indians rests on the historical treaty relationship between Indian tribes and the federal government, until now there has been no comprehensive history of these treaties and their role in American life.Francis Paul Prucha, a leading authority on the history of American Indian affairs, argues that the treaties were a political anomaly from the very beginning. The term "treaty" implies a contract between sovereign independent nations, yet Indians were always in a position of inequality and dependence as negotiators, a fact that complicates their current attempts to regain their rights and tribal sovereignty.Prucha's impeccably researched book, based on a close analysis of every treaty, makes possible a thorough understanding of a legal dilemma whose legacy is so palpably felt today.
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