The Indians in American Society: From the Revolutionary War to the PresentUniversity of California Press, 1985 M11 14 - 144 páginas 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. |
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
The Indians in American Society: From the Revolutionary War to the Present Francis Paul Prucha Vista previa limitada - 1985 |
The Indians in American Society: From the Revolutionary War to the Present Francis Paul Prucha Vista previa limitada - 1985 |
The Indians in American Society: From the Revolutionary War to the Present Francis Paul Prucha Vista previa limitada - 1988 |
Términos y frases comunes
2d session 40th Congress administration agriculture Alaska Native allotments American Indian Policy American society Andrew Jackson assimilated assimilationist became benevolent Bureau of Indian Cherokees Choctaws Christian civilization Commissioner of Indian Congress continued court Dawes Act decades declared dependency dian dominant European Father federal government federal Indian Francis Paul Prucha goal hunting Indian Affairs Indian communities Indian lands Indian New Deal Indian Office Indian programs Indian Reorganization Act Indian Rights Indian Rights Association Indian tribes Indians in American individual Indians Interior Jeremiah Evarts John Collier legislation lives McKenney ment Nixon paternalism paternalistic Plains Indians political population President principle promoted protection reformers relations Report reservations schools Secretary self-determination self-government self-sufficiency serial Sioux social status Statutes at Large termination Thomas Jefferson tion trade tribal governments tribal sovereignty trust responsibility United States Statutes University Press Vine Deloria Washington white society Wounded Knee York