Religion, Law, and the Land
Subtitle: Native Americans and the Judicial Interpretation of Sacred Land (Contributions in Legal Studies)
Publisher: Greenwood Press; Praeger
Published: November 30, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9780313309724
Subjects: American history: postwar, from c 1945 -; History of religion; Indigenous peoples; Land rights; Property, real estate, land & tenancy law; c 1980 to c 1990; Native American Religions; History; Legal Reference / Law Profession; History: American; USA; Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice; Constitutional; United States - General; History / United States / General; General; Native American; Freedom of religion; Indians of North America; Land tenure; Religion; United States
First sentence: On October 12, 1979, Ammoneta Sequoyah, a Cherokee medicine man and descendant of the eighteenth-century silversmith, painter, warrior, and creator of the Cherokee writing system, brought suit against the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA).