In the courts of the conqueror : the ten worst Indian law cases ever decided / Walter R. Echo-Hawk.
2010
KF8205 .E28 2010 (Mapit)
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Title
In the courts of the conqueror : the ten worst Indian law cases ever decided / Walter R. Echo-Hawk.
Imprint
Golden, Colo. : Fulcrum Pub., [2010]
Copyright
©2010
Description
xiv, 560 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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.
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.
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.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 471-548) and index.
Call Number
KF8205 .E28 2010
Language
English
ISBN
9781936218011 (cloth)
1936218011 (cloth)
1936218011 (cloth)
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