American Indian Treaties
Subtitle: The History of a Political Anomaly
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: March 15, 1997
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 562
ISBN-13: 9780520208957
Subjects: American history; Central government policies; Constitutional & administrative law; Ethnic studies; Social history; Treaties & other sources of international law; Political Science; Native Americans; U.S. - Political And Civil Rights Of Native Americans; History - General History; Politics/International Relations; North America; International; International Relations - Treaties; Native American; History / General; Government - State & Provincial
First sentence: During the Revolutionary War, as the Continental Congress groped its way toward a satisfactory procedure for dealing with the Indian tribes within the boundaries of the nation, the United States got its first taste of treaty making with the Indians.