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In the courts of the conqueror the 10 worst Indian law cases ever decided
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Title
In the courts of the conqueror [electronic resource] : the 10 worst Indian law cases ever decided / Walter R. Echo-Hawk.
ISBN
9781936218011 (hardcover)
9781555917883 (e-book)
Published
Golden, Colo. : Fulcrum Pub., c2010.
Physical Description
xiv, 560 p. : ill.
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2010. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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Access restricted by licensing agreement.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 22, 2012
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
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.
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