Indian Claims Commission Decisions
Title | Indian Claims Commission Decisions PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Indian Claims Commission |
Publisher | |
Pages | 610 |
Release | 1978 |
Genre | Indians of North America |
ISBN |
Investigate Indian Affairs
Title | Investigate Indian Affairs PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Indian Affairs |
Publisher | |
Pages | 152 |
Release | 1943 |
Genre | Governmental investigations |
ISBN |
Considers (78) H.R. 872, (78) H.R. 2085, (78) H. Res. 166.
Investigate Indian Affairs
Title | Investigate Indian Affairs PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 28 |
Release | 1946 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
Investigate Indian Affairs
Title | Investigate Indian Affairs PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Congress. House Indian Affairs Committee |
Publisher | |
Pages | 1200 |
Release | 1943 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
A Century of Dishonor
Title | A Century of Dishonor PDF eBook |
Author | Helen Hunt Jackson |
Publisher | |
Pages | 540 |
Release | 1885 |
Genre | Indians of North America |
ISBN |
Policing on American Indian Reservations
Title | Policing on American Indian Reservations PDF eBook |
Author | Stewart Wakeling |
Publisher | |
Pages | 104 |
Release | 2001 |
Genre | Indian reservation police |
ISBN |
American Indian Treaties
Title | American Indian Treaties PDF eBook |
Author | Francis Paul Prucha |
Publisher | Univ of California Press |
Pages | 604 |
Release | 2023-11-10 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0520919165 |
American Indian affairs are much in the public mind today—hotly contested debates over such issues as Indian fishing rights, land claims, and reservation gambling hold our attention. While the unique legal status of American Indians rests on the historical treaty relationship between Indian tribes and the federal government, until now there has been no comprehensive history of these treaties and their role in American life. Francis Paul Prucha, a leading authority on the history of American Indian affairs, argues that the treaties were a political anomaly from the very beginning. The term "treaty" implies a contract between sovereign independent nations, yet Indians were always in a position of inequality and dependence as negotiators, a fact that complicates their current attempts to regain their rights and tribal sovereignty. Prucha's impeccably researched book, based on a close analysis of every treaty, makes possible a thorough understanding of a legal dilemma whose legacy is so palpably felt today.