A lawyer in Indian country [[electronic resource] ] : a memoir / / Alvin J. Ziontz ; foreword by Charles Wilkinson
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| Autore: |
Ziontz Alvin J
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| Titolo: |
A lawyer in Indian country [[electronic resource] ] : a memoir / / Alvin J. Ziontz ; foreword by Charles Wilkinson
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| Pubblicazione: | Seattle, : University of Washington Press, c2009 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (319 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 340.092 |
| Soggetto topico: | Lawyers - United States |
| Indians of North America - Civil rights | |
| Indians of North America - Legal status, laws, etc | |
| Altri autori: |
WilkinsonCharles
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| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-283) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | The road to Neah Bay -- The road to Neah Bay begins in Chicago -- The University of Chicago, the army, and Seattle -- Becoming a lawyer -- Seven years of lawyering in West Seattle -- Creating a law firm -- Indian fishing rights : joining the struggle -- The Makahs -- Recovering lost property : Ozette, Tatoosh, and Waadah -- The Lummi Tribe -- Indian fishing rights : eighty years of suppression, twenty years of confrontation -- The big bang : U.S. v. Washington begins -- U.S. v. Washington : the trial -- U.S. v. Washington : closing arguments and Judge Boldt's decision -- The U.S. Supreme Court has the last word : consequences of the Boldt decision -- The Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation -- The Northern Cheyennes fight strip-mining -- The Northern Cheyennes and the Hollowbreast case -- The Oliphant case : a setback for tribal government -- Writing about the Indian Civil Rights Act -- Leaving law for academia -- A firm of tribal attorneys -- Representing fishermen of the Alaska Peninsula -- The Mille Lacs Band of Chippewas -- The Wanda Boswell case -- The Northern Arapaho Tribe -- Photographing the Northern Cheyennes -- The Makah whale hunt -- A life in being. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | A lawyer in Indian country |
| ISBN: | 0-295-80020-8 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910791559003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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