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Values In Transition: The Chiricahua Apache From 1886-1914, John W. Ragsdale Jr.
Values In Transition: The Chiricahua Apache From 1886-1914, John W. Ragsdale Jr.
American Indian Law Review
Law confirms but seldom determines the course of a society. Values and beliefs, instead, are the true polestars, incrementally implemented by the laws, customs, and policies. The Chiricahua Apache, a tribal society of hunters, gatherers, and raiders in the mountains and deserts of the Southwest, were squeezed between the growing populations and economies of the United States and Mexico. Raiding brought response, reprisal, and ultimately confinement at the loathsome San Carlos Reservation. Though most Chiricahua submitted to the beginnings of assimilation, a number of the hardiest and least malleable did not. Periodic breakouts, wild raids through New Mexico and Arizona, …
Worcester V. Georgia: A Breakdown In The Separation Of Powers, Matthew L. Sundquist
Worcester V. Georgia: A Breakdown In The Separation Of Powers, Matthew L. Sundquist
American Indian Law Review
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United States V. Hatahley: A Legal Archaeology Case Study In Law And Racial Conflict, Debora L. Threedy
United States V. Hatahley: A Legal Archaeology Case Study In Law And Racial Conflict, Debora L. Threedy
American Indian Law Review
This article is a case study of United States v. Hatahley using the methodology of "legal archaeology" to reconstruct the historical, social, and economic context of the litigation. In 1953, a group of individual Navajos brought suit under the Federal Tort Claims Act for the destruction of over one hundred horses and burros. The first section of the article presents two contrasting narratives for the case. The first relates what we know about the case from the reported opinions, while the second locates the litigated case within the larger social context by examining the parties, the history of incidents culminating …
"Merciless Indian Savages" And The Declaration Of Independence: Native Americans Translate The Ecunnaunuxulgee Document, John R. Wunder
"Merciless Indian Savages" And The Declaration Of Independence: Native Americans Translate The Ecunnaunuxulgee Document, John R. Wunder
American Indian Law Review
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American Indian Influence On The United States Constitution And Its Framers, Robert J. Miller
American Indian Influence On The United States Constitution And Its Framers, Robert J. Miller
American Indian Law Review
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Philosophical, Legal, And Social Rationales For Appropriating The Tribal Estate, 1607 To1980, Arrell Morgan Gibson
Philosophical, Legal, And Social Rationales For Appropriating The Tribal Estate, 1607 To1980, Arrell Morgan Gibson
American Indian Law Review
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