In the Courts of the Conqueror
by Echo-Hawk, Walter R.Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2010-06-01
Publisher(s): Fulcrum Pub
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Summary
A vital contribution not only to Native American history, but also to American history.
Table of Contents
| Acknowledgments | p. vii |
| Foreword | p. xi |
| At the Courthouse Steps | |
| The Courts of the Conqueror | p. 3 |
| A Context for Understanding Native American Issues | p. 13 |
| Justice, Injustice, and the Dark Side of Federal Indian Law | p. 31 |
| Affairs of the Living | |
| How the Indians Lost Legal Title to America | p. 55 |
| Shutting the Courthouse Doors | p. 87 |
| Connors v. United States & Cheyenne Indians: Were the Indian Wars Legal? | p. 123 |
| Breaking the Treaties | p. 161 |
| United States v. Sandoval: Rule by Guardianship | p. 189 |
| In re Adoption of John Doe v. Heim: Taking the Kids | p. 217 |
| The Spirit World | |
| Wana the Bear v. Community Construction: Taking the Dead | p. 237 |
| Employment Division v. Smith: Taking the Religion | p. 273 |
| Lyng v. Northwest Indian Cemetery Association: Taking the Holy Places | p. 325 |
| Tee-Hit-Ton Indians v. United States: Confiscating Indigenous Habitat | p. 359 |
| From the Valley of Darkness to the Mountain Crest | |
| Was Genocide Legal? | p. 399 |
| Reforming the Dark Side of Federal Indian Law | p. 423 |
| Afterword | p. 463 |
| Endnotes | p. 471 |
| Index | p. 549 |
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