Record details

• ISBN: 0292707541 (pbk.)
• ISBN: 9780292707542 (pbk.)
• Physical Description: xi, 296 pages ; 21 cm.
• Edition: 1st University of Texas Press ed.
• Publisher: Austin : University of Texas Press, 1985.

Content descriptions

General Note:

Includes index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Preamble to the present -- The emergence of Indian activism -- The occupation of the Bureau of Indian Affairs -- The confrontation at Wounded Knee -- The doctrine of discovery -- Dependent domestic nations -- The plenary power doctrine -- The size and status of nations -- The Indian Reorganization Act -- Litigating Indian claims -- The international arena -- Reinstituting the treaty process -- Afterword.

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Indians of North America > Government relations.
Indians of North America > Legal status, laws, etc.