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Challenges the dominant legal history of American Indians and their tribes - a history that concedes far too much power to the laws and courts of the 'conqueror'. This book makes an urgent call for the advancement of tribal sovereignty and of tribal court systems that are based on Indian culture and values.

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments

Introduction: Why Indian Tribes and
Indian Law Matter

PART 1. DIFFERENT ROOTS, DIFFERENT
BRANCHES: THE CULTURAL AND
LEGAL SETTING

1. The Reservation as Place
2. The Colonized Context: Federal Indian Law
and Tribal Aspiration

PART 2. JUSTICE, LIBERATION, AND STRUGGLE:
TRIBAL COURTS AND TRIBAL SOVEREIGNTY

3. The Crucible of Sovereignty: Tribal Courts,
Legitimacy, and the Jurisdictional Backdrop
4. Liberation, Dreams, and Hard Work: A View
of Tribal Court Jurisprudence

PART 3. ISSUES IN THE WESTERN LANDSCAPE:
A REGIONAL PERSPECTIVE

5. Tribal-State Relations: Hope for the Future?
6. Economic Development in Indian Country
Conclusion: A Geography of Hope

Notes
Index

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      Publisher: University of California Press
      Publication Date: 29/03/1997
      ISBN13: 9780520208940, 978-0520208940
      ISBN10: 0520208943
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      History of ideas Indigenous peoples / Indigeneity

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Challenges the dominant legal history of American Indians and their tribes - a history that concedes far too much power to the laws and courts of the 'conqueror'. This book makes an urgent call for the advancement of tribal sovereignty and of tribal court systems that are based on Indian culture and values.

      Table of Contents
      Acknowledgments

      Introduction: Why Indian Tribes and
      Indian Law Matter

      PART 1. DIFFERENT ROOTS, DIFFERENT
      BRANCHES: THE CULTURAL AND
      LEGAL SETTING

      1. The Reservation as Place
      2. The Colonized Context: Federal Indian Law
      and Tribal Aspiration

      PART 2. JUSTICE, LIBERATION, AND STRUGGLE:
      TRIBAL COURTS AND TRIBAL SOVEREIGNTY

      3. The Crucible of Sovereignty: Tribal Courts,
      Legitimacy, and the Jurisdictional Backdrop
      4. Liberation, Dreams, and Hard Work: A View
      of Tribal Court Jurisprudence

      PART 3. ISSUES IN THE WESTERN LANDSCAPE:
      A REGIONAL PERSPECTIVE

      5. Tribal-State Relations: Hope for the Future?
      6. Economic Development in Indian Country
      Conclusion: A Geography of Hope

      Notes
      Index

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