The Supreme Court's role in American Indian policy
By: John H. Vinzant.
Series: Law and society : recent scholarship
Publisher: LFB Scholarly Pub.; LFB Scholarly Publishing; Brand: LFB Scholarly Publishing
Published: 2009
Place of publication: El Paso
Language: eng
Number of pages: 194
ISBN-13: 9781593323301
Subjects: United States. -- Supreme Court -- History; Indians of North America -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States -- History; Indians of North America -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States -- States -- History; Indians of North America -- United States -- Government relations
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Methodology; title: A brief history of federal Indian policy; title: The Court during the conflict period; title: The court and the reservation system; title: Developing the trust responsibility; title: Balancing law and policy : 1950-1970s; title: The Court takes over.