In the courts of the conqueror
Echo-Hawk, Walter R.
In the courts of the conqueror the 10 worst Indian law cases ever decided / [electronic resource] : Walter R. Echo-Hawk. - Golden, Colo. : Fulcrum Pub., c2010. - xiv, 560 p. : ill.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Foreword / Patricia Nelson Limerick -- 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 -- Afterword / by Charles Wilkinson.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2010.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Indians of North America--Legal status, laws, etc.--Cases.
Indians of North America--Legal status, laws, etc.--History.
Electronic books.
KF8204.5 / .E28 2010eb
342.7308/72
In the courts of the conqueror the 10 worst Indian law cases ever decided / [electronic resource] : Walter R. Echo-Hawk. - Golden, Colo. : Fulcrum Pub., c2010. - xiv, 560 p. : ill.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Foreword / Patricia Nelson Limerick -- 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 -- Afterword / by Charles Wilkinson.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2010.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Indians of North America--Legal status, laws, etc.--Cases.
Indians of North America--Legal status, laws, etc.--History.
Electronic books.
KF8204.5 / .E28 2010eb
342.7308/72