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By the fire we carry : the generations-long fight for justice on native land / Rebecca Nagle.
Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Circulating Collection E93 .N19 2024
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Nagle, Rebecca, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Indians of North America--Government relations.
- Indians of North America.
- Indians of North America--Legal status, laws, etc.
- Indians, Treatment of--United States.
- Indians, Treatment of.
- Physical Description:
- 336 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2024]
- Summary:
- "A powerful work of reportage and American history in the vein of Caste and How the Word Is Passed that braids the story of the forced removal of Native Americans onto treaty lands in the nation's earliest days, and a small-town murder in the '90s that led to a Supreme Court ruling reaffirming Native rights to that land over a century later"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Prologue
- The crime
- Beginning
- The argument
- Promise
- The appeal
- Betrayal
- The high court
- Coercion
- The twist
- Plunder
- The opposition
- Slow bleed
- The victory
- Legacy
- The backlash
- Epilogue
- Acknowledgments
- Further reading
- Appendix: Sensitive or triggering subject matter
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Credits and permissions
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-324) and index.
- Local Notes:
- HSP Copy: Indian Rights Association Complementary Collection
- Athenaeum copy: Burt fund bookplate.
- Other Format:
- Online version:
- Nagle, Rebecca. By the fire we carry
- Online version: Nagle, Rebecca. By the fire we carry
- ISBN:
- 9780063112049
- 0063112043
- OCLC:
- 1426854347
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