Coyote warrior : one man, three tribes, and the trial that forged a nation

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Coyote warrior : one man, three tribes, and the trial that forged a nation / Paul VanDevelder.

Summary:

From White Shield to Washington DC, new Indian wars are being fought by Ivy League-trained lawyers called "Coyote Warriors"--among them a Mandan/Hidatsa named Raymond Cross. Coyote Warrior tells the epic story of the three tribes that saved Lewis and Clark's Corps of Discovery from starvation, their century-long battle to forge a new nation, and the extraordinary journey of one man to redeem a father's dream--and the dignity of his people. Cross graduated from law school and, following his father's death, returned home to resurrect his father's fight against the federal government. His mission would lead him to Congress, which his father had battled forty years before, and into the hallowed chambers of the U.S. Supreme Court. There the great-great-grandson of Chief Cherry Necklace would lay at the feet of the nation's highest court the case for the sanctity of the U.S. Constitution, treaty rights, and the legal survival of Indian Country.

Record details

ISBN: 9780803296312
ISBN: 0803296312
Physical Description: vii, 321 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Publisher: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 2005, 2004.

Content descriptions

General Note:: Originally published: New York : Little, Brown, �2004.
Bibliography, etc. Note:: Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-310) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:: Heart of the world -- Savages and infidels -- Miracle at Horse Creek -- Great white fathers -- Hell and high water -- Leaving Elbowoods -- Hitting bottom on top -- Return of the Natives -- The last train to Yuma -- Into the storm.