Irredeemable America : the Indians' estate and land claims

Sutton, Imre, 1928-2012 (Added Author). Beals, Ralph L. (Ralph Leon), 1901-1985 (Added Author). University of New Mexico. Institute for Native American Studies. (Added Author).

Summary: Concerns cases before the United States Indian Claims Commission.

Record details

ISBN: 0826308066
ISBN: 9780826308061
Physical Description: print
xxiii, 421 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm.
Publisher: Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press : Published in cooperation with the Institute for Native American Studies, University of New Mexico, ©1985.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Formatted Contents Note:

Focus on the Indian Claims Commission. Land claims in the mainstream of Indian/White land history / Wilcomb E. Washburn -- Indian claims and the American conscience : a brief history of the Indian Claims Commission / Harvey D. Rosenthal -- Issues in land claims : Aboriginal title / Michael J. Kaplan -- What was it worth? Economic and historical aspects of determining awards in Indian land claims cases / Leonard A. Carlson -- Configurations of land claims : toward a model / Imre Sutton -- The anthropologist as expert witness : illustrations from the California Indian land claims case / Ralph L. Beals -- The Pawnee claims case, 1947-64 / David J. Wishart -- The Shoshone claims cases / Omer C. Stewart.