Book
Fire and the spirits : Cherokee law from clan to court
Record details
- ISBN: 0806112271
- ISBN: 9780806112275
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Physical Description:
print
xx, 260 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. - Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [1975]
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-254) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | The Cherokees: people of the fire -- Traditional law ways and the spirit world -- Changing Cherokee conditions -- Stages in development -- Tribal goals and values in Cherokee law -- Corpus of the Cherokee written laws -- Lawyers, judges, and sheriffs: Cherokee courts in operation -- Cherokee Supreme Courts apply their law, 1867-1898 -- Criminal punishment: a case study of tribal change -- The end of Cherokee law -- Survival of traditional Cherokee ways -- Cherokee legal history: chronology, 1540-1907 -- Summary of early laws of the Cherokees, 1818-1829 -- Cherokee constitution -- Jefferson to the Cherokee deputies, January 9, 1809. |
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- 3 of 3 copies available at Northwest Indian College.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lummi Library | Indian #475 | 275423 | Stacks | Available | - |
| Lummi Library | KIG 2000 .S77 1975 | 242266 | Stacks | Available | - |
| Lummi Library | KIG 2000 .S77 1975 | 247657 | Stacks | Available | - |