In the Courts of the Conqueror The 10 Worst Indian Law Cases Ever Decided

Name: In the Courts of the Conqueror The 10 Worst Indian Law Cases Ever Decided
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ISBN: 9781555913847

ISBN-10: 1555913849

ISBN-13: 9781555913847

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Authors: Walter R. Echo-Hawk

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Now in paperback, a vivid account of ten Supreme Court cases that changed the fate of Native Americans, providing the contemporary historical and political context of each case, and explaining how the decisions have adversely affected the cultural survival of Native people to this day.Walter R. Echo-Hawkis of counsel to the Crowe and Dunlevy law firm of Oklahoma. As a staff attorney for the Native American Rights Fund for thirty-five years, he represented tribes and Native Americans on significant legal issues during the modern era of federal Indian law. He is a prolific writer whose books includeBattlefields and Burial Grounds.

Book details

List price: $24.95
Publisher: Fulcrum Publishing
Publication date: 7/17/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 576
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 2.046
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Foreword




At the Courthouse Steps



The Courts of the Conqueror



A Context for Understanding Native American Issues



Justice, Injustice, and the Dark Side of Federal Indian Law



Affairs of the Living



Johnson v. Mï¿½lntosh: 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



The Spirit World



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



From The Valley of Darkness to the Mountain Crest



Was Genocide Legal?



Reforming the Dark Side of Federal Indian Law


Afterword



Endnotes


Index