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A lawyer in Indian country [[electronic resource] ] : a memoir / / Alvin J. Ziontz ; foreword by Charles Wilkinson



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Autore: Ziontz Alvin J Visualizza persona
Titolo: A lawyer in Indian country [[electronic resource] ] : a memoir / / Alvin J. Ziontz ; foreword by Charles Wilkinson Visualizza cluster
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
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Altri autori: WilkinsonCharles  
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  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-295-80020-8
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910458940403321
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