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A long and terrible shadow : white values, native rights in the Americas, 1492-1992 / Thomas R. Berger.
This history of the native peoples of North and South America since first contact with Europeans explores the effects of native cultures, health, economies and land rights as well as law and tradition, of settlement and colonization.
Record details
- ISBN: 1550547089
- ISBN: 029597222X (paper)
- ISBN: 9780295972220 (paper)
- Physical Description: xiv, 183 pages ; 23 cm.
- Edition: 1st paperback ed.
- Publisher: Vancouver : Douglas & McIntyre ; 1992.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [163]-174) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Las Casas and the rights of the indians -- The debate at Valladolid -- Disease and death -- Indian slavery: Brazil and the Carolinas -- Indians as allies: the Iroquois -- John Marshall and the indians -- Wars against the Indians: the United States and Argentina -- Reserves, reservations and reducciones -- Guatemala: rebirth of the black legend -- The last redoubt: the survival of subsistence -- Native claims and the rule of law. |
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| Subject: | Indians, Treatment of. Indians > Land tenure. Indians > Politics and government. Indians > Government relations. Indiands > Civil rights. Self-determination, National. |
Available copies
- 2 of 2 copies available at Northwest Indian College.
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- 0 current holds with 2 total copies.
Show Only Available Copies
| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lummi Library | E 91 .B44 1991 | 258013 | Stacks | Available | - |
| Lummi Library | Indian # 32 | 275110 | Deloria Collection | Available | - |