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In the courts of the conqueror : the ten worst Indian law cases ever decided / Walter R. Echo-Hawk.

Echo-Hawk, Walter R. (Author).

Summary:

Echo-Hawk reveals the troubling fact that American law has rendered legal the destruction of Native Americans and their culture. He analyzes ten cases that embody or expose the roots of injustice and highlight the use of nefarious legal doctrines.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781936218011
  • ISBN: 1936218011
  • Physical Description: xiv, 560 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: Golden, Colo. : Fulcrum Pub., ©2010.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 471-548) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
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.

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Subject:
Indians of North America > Legal status, laws, etc. > Cases.
Indians of North America > Legal status, laws, etc. > History.
Indians of North America > Legal status, laws, etc.
Native peoples > Legal status, laws, etc. > Cases.
Native peoples > Legal status, laws, etc. > History.
Genre:
History.
Trials, litigation, etc.
Cases.

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  • 2 of 2 copies available at Northwest Indian College.

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