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Autore: | Echo-Hawk Walter R |
Titolo: | In the courts of the conqueror [[electronic resource] ] : the 10 worst Indian law cases ever decided / / Walter R. Echo-Hawk |
Pubblicazione: | Golden, Colo., : Fulcrum Pub., c2010 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (577 p.) |
Disciplina: | 342.7308/72 |
Soggetto topico: | Indians of North America - Legal status, laws, etc |
Indians of North America - Legal status, laws, etc - History | |
Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Foreword / Patricia Nelson Limerick -- The courts of the conqueror -- A context for understanding Native American issues -- Justice, injustice, and the dark side of federal Indian law -- Johnson v. M'Intosh : how the Indians lost legal title to America -- Cherokee Nation v. Georgia : shutting the courthouse doors -- Connors v. United States & Cheyenne Indians : were the Indian wars legal? -- Lone Wolf v. Hitchcock : breaking the treaties -- United States v. Sandoval : rule by guardianship -- In re adoption of John Doe v. Heim : taking the kids -- Wana the Bear v. Community Construction : taking the dead -- Employment Division v. Smith : taking the religion -- Lyng v. Northwest Indian Cemetery Association : taking the holy places -- Tee-Hit-Ton Indians v. United States : confiscating indigenous habitat -- Was genocide legal? -- Reforming the dark side of federal Indian law -- Afterword / by Charles Wilkinson. |
Sommario/riassunto: | A vital contribution not only to Native American history, but also to American history. |
Titolo autorizzato: | In the courts of the conqueror |
ISBN: | 1-282-71883-5 |
9786612718830 | |
1-55591-788-7 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910459109403321 |
Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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