In the courts of the conqueror the 10 worst Indian law cases ever decided /

Guardat en:
Dades bibliogràfiques
Autor principal: Echo-Hawk, Walter R.
Autor corporatiu: ebrary, Inc
Format: Electrònic eBook
Idioma:anglès
Publicat: Golden, Colo. : Fulcrum Pub., c2010.
Matèries:
Accés en línia:An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
Etiquetes: Afegir etiqueta
Sense etiquetes, Sigues el primer a etiquetar aquest registre!
Taula de continguts:
  • 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.