In the courts of the conqueror : the 10 worst Indian law cases ever decided / Walter R. Echo-Hawk.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Echo-Hawk, Walter R.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians of North America--Legal status, laws, etc--Cases.

Indians of North America.

Indians of North America--Legal status, laws, etc--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (577 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Golden, Colo. : Fulcrum Pub., c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A vital contribution not only to Native American history, but also to American history.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-71883-5

9786612718830

1-55591-788-7

OCLC:

646788565