In the Courts of the Conqueror: The 10 Worst Indian Law Cases Ever Decided

by Echo-Hawk, Walter R.
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560 pages. Signed by author on title page. Staining to the bottom of pages 171 through 560. "The fate of Native Americans has been dependent in large part upon the recognition and enforcement of their legal, political, property, and cultural rights as indigenous peoples by American courts. Most people think that the goal of the judiciary, and especially the US Supreme Court, is to achieve universal notions of truth and justice. In this in-depth examination, however, Walter Echo-Hawk reveals the troubling fact that American law has rendered legal the destruction of Native Americans and their culture. Echo-Hawk analyzes ten cases that embody or expose the roots of injustice and highlight the use of nefarious legal doctrines. He delves into the dark side of the courts, calling for a paradigm shift in American legal thinking. Each case study includes historical, contemporary, and political context from a Native American perspective, and the case’s legacy on Native America. In the Cou
  • Format: Hardback
  • Author: Echo-Hawk, Walter R.
  • Condition: Good
  • Publisher: Fulcrum
  • Publication Year: 2010
  • Signed:  Yes