Reclaiming the Reservation : Histories of Indian Sovereignty Suppressed and Renewed / Alexandra Harmon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Harmon, Alexandra, 1945- author.

Contributor:

Center for the Study of the Pacific Northwest, issuing body.

Series:

Emil and Kathleen Sick lecture-book series in western history and biography.

Emil and Kathleen Sick Book Series in Western History and Biography

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Indians of North America.

Indigenous people--Legal status, laws, etc.

Indigenous people of North America--Legal status, laws, etc.

Indians of North America--Legal status, laws, etc--Washington (State).

Indigenous people--Legal status, laws, etc--Washington (State).

Suquamish Indians--Legal status, laws, etc.

Suquamish Indians.

Sovereignty.

Suquamish Indian Tribe of the Port Madison Reservation, Washington--Trials, litigation, etc.

Suquamish Indian Tribe of the Port Madison Reservation, Washington.

Local Subjects:

Indigenous people--Legal status, laws, etc.

Indigenous people of North America--Legal status, laws, etc.

Indigenous people--Legal status, laws, etc--Washington (State).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 410 pages) : illustrations, maps ;

Place of Publication:

Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2019]

Summary:

"In the landmark 1978 case Oliphant v. Suquamish, the Supreme Court ruled that no Indian tribe can lawfully prosecute non-Indians. This decision had far-reaching effects in subsequent disputes about the jurisdiction of American Indian tribes, the terms of their relationship to the United States, their powers as political entities, and the significance of Indian reservations. Yet, even though few developments have highlighted the tensions, hopes, and fears associated with American Indians' unique political-legal status as clearly as contemporary tribal governments' assertion of jurisdiction over non-Indians, that subject hasn't received the attention it deserves from historians. The Non-Indian Problem recounts the history of tribes' desire for inclusive jurisdiction and the circumstances that encouraged them finally to act on that desire in the twentieth century. The manuscript focuses on the legal battles of the Quinault and Suquamish tribes beginning in the 1960s and culminating in the 1978 decision, with an epilogue addressing the consequences of that ruling"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction

1. Facts are tough

2. Promises of power

3. Colonial controls in Quinault territory

4. "Arising" in the sixties

5. Lawyers on the scene

6. Colonial controls in Suquamish territory

7. Encouraging signs

8. Telling stories in court

9. Obstacles, options, and opportunities.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780295745879

0295745878

OCLC:

1096215356