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The Indians in American society : from the Revolutionary War to the present / Francis Paul Prucha.
De Gruyter University of California Press eBook-Package Archive Pre-2000 Available online
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Prucha, Francis Paul.
- Series:
- Quantum Books
- Quantum books
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Indians of North America--Government relations.
- Indians of North America.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (138 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Berkeley : University of California Press, 1985.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- American Indian affairs are much in the public mind today-hotly contested debates over such issues as Indian fishing rights, land claims, and reservation gambling hold our attention. While the unique legal status of American Indians rests on the historical treaty relationship between Indian tribes and the federal government, until now there has been no comprehensive history of these treaties and their role in American life.Francis Paul Prucha, a leading authority on the history of American Indian affairs, argues that the treaties were a political anomaly from the very beginning. The term "treaty" implies a contract between sovereign independent nations, yet Indians were always in a position of inequality and dependence as negotiators, a fact that complicates their current attempts to regain their rights and tribal sovereignty.Prucha's impeccably researched book, based on a close analysis of every treaty, makes possible a thorough understanding of a legal dilemma whose legacy is so palpably felt today.
- Contents:
- Paternalism
- Dependency
- Indian rights
- Self-determination.
- Notes:
- Essays presented as the Gasson lectures at Boston College on Nov. 30, 1983, Mar. 14, 1984, Nov. 7, 1984, and Mar. 13, 1985.
- First paperback printing 1988.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [105]-117) and index.
- Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
- ISBN:
- 9786612355400
- 9781282355408
- 1282355406
- 9780520908840
- 0520908848
- OCLC:
- 773564929
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