In the courts of the conqueror
Subtitle: the ten worst Indian law cases ever decided
By: Walter R. Echo-Hawk
Publisher: Fulcrum Pub.
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Golden, Colo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 560
ISBN-13: 9781936218011
Subjects: Indians of North America; Cases; Legal status, laws; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [471]-548) and index.
Table of contents: title: The courts of the conqueror; title: A context for understanding Native American issues; title: Justice, injustice, and the dark side of Federal Indian Law; title: Johnson v. M'Intosh : how the Indians lost legal title to America; title: Cherokee Nation v. Georgia : shutting the courthouse doors; title: Connors v. United States & Cheyenne Indians : were the Indian wars legal?; title: Lone Wolf v. Hitchcock : breaking the treaties; title: United States v. Sandoval : rule by guardianship; title: In re adoption of John Doe v. Heim : taking the kids; title: Wana the Bear v. Community Construction : taking the dead; title: Employment Division v. Smith : taking the religion; title: Lyng v. Northwest Indian Cemetery Association : taking the holy places; title: Tee-Hit-Ton Indians v. United States : confiscating indigenous habitat; title: Was genocide legal?; title: Reforming the dark side of Federal Indian Law.