A Lawyer in Indian Country
Title | A Lawyer in Indian Country PDF eBook |
Author | Alvin J. Ziontz |
Publisher | University of Washington Press |
Pages | 319 |
Release | 2011-03-01 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 0295800208 |
In his memoir, Alvin Ziontz reflects on his more than thirty years representing Indian tribes, from a time when Indian law was little known through landmark battles that upheld tribal sovereignty. He discusses the growth and maturation of tribal government and the underlying tensions between Indian society and the non-Indian world. A Lawyer in Indian Country presents vignettes of reservation life and recounts some of the memorable legal cases that illustrate the challenges faced by individual Indians and tribes. As the senior attorney arguing U.S. v. Washington, Ziontz was a party to the historic 1974 Boldt decision that affirmed the Pacific Northwest tribes' treaty fishing rights, with ramifications for tribal rights nationwide. His work took him to reservations in Montana, Wyoming, and Minnesota, as well as Washington and Alaska, and he describes not only the work of a tribal attorney but also his personal entry into the life of Indian country. Ziontz continued to fight for tribal rights into the late 1990s, as the Makah tribe of Washington sought to resume its traditional whale hunts. Throughout his book, Ziontz traces his own path through this public history - one man's pursuit of a life built around the principles of integrity and justice.
This Indian Country
Title | This Indian Country PDF eBook |
Author | Frederick Hoxie |
Publisher | Penguin Books |
Pages | 497 |
Release | 2013 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0143124021 |
Historian Frederick E. Hoxie presents the story of two hundred years of Native American political activism. Highlighting the activists -- some famous and some unknown beyond their own communities -- who have sought to bridge the distance between indigenous cultures and the U.S. republic through legal and political campaigns, Hoxie weaves a narrative connecting the individual to the tribe, the tribe to the nation, and the nation to broader historical processes and progressive movements.
Handbook of Federal Indian Law
Title | Handbook of Federal Indian Law PDF eBook |
Author | Felix S. Cohen |
Publisher | |
Pages | 662 |
Release | 1971 |
Genre | Indians of North America |
ISBN |
Indian Country
Title | Indian Country PDF eBook |
Author | Kurt Schlichter |
Publisher | |
Pages | 438 |
Release | 2017-05-30 |
Genre | United States |
ISBN | 9780988402966 |
“Indian Country” finds Turnbull sent back into the blue states to help those trapped inside resist a politically correct police state. As the progressive government ratchets up the violence, Turnbull must mold regular Americans into a fighting force capable of resisting the People’s Republic Army, led by his former US Army Special Forces mentor.
Indian Tribes as Sovereign Governments
Title | Indian Tribes as Sovereign Governments PDF eBook |
Author | Charles F. Wilkinson |
Publisher | American Indian Lawyer Training Program |
Pages | 176 |
Release | 1988 |
Genre | Federally recognized Indian tribes |
ISBN |
The American Indian in Western Legal Thought
Title | The American Indian in Western Legal Thought PDF eBook |
Author | Robert A. Williams Jr. |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 365 |
Release | 1992-11-26 |
Genre | Law |
ISBN | 0198021739 |
Exploring the history of contemporary legal thought on the rights and status of the West's colonized indigenous tribal peoples, Williams here traces the development of the themes that justified and impelled Spanish, English, and American conquests of the New World.
The Rights of Indians and Tribes
Title | The Rights of Indians and Tribes PDF eBook |
Author | Stephen L. Pevar |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2024 |
Genre | Federal-Indian trust relationship |
ISBN | 9780190077563 |
The Rights of Indians and Tribes explains Federal Indian Law in a conversational manner, yet is highly authoritative, containing over 2000 footnotes with citations to relevant court decisions, statutes, and agency regulations. Since its initial publication in 1983 it has sold over 150,000 copies. It is user-friendly and particularly helpful for tribal advocates, students, government officials, lawyers, and members of the general public. The book uses a question-and-answer format and covers every important subject impacting Indians and tribes today and discusses which governments-tribal, state, and federal-have authority on Indian reservations. This fully-updated fifth edition provides a Foreword by John Echohawk, Director of the Native American Rights Fund, and covers the most significant legal issues facing Indians and Indian tribes. This includes the regulation of non-Indians on reservations, definitions of important legal terms, Indian treaties, the Indian Civil Rights Act, the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, and the Indian Child Welfare Act.