American Indian sovereignty and the U.S. Supreme Court the masking of justice
In this book, David Wilkins examines fifteen landmark cases in which the Supreme Court significantly curtailed Indian rights.
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PrefaceAcknowledgmentsChapter 1. Legal Masks, Legal ConsciousnessChapter 2. The Era of Defining Tribes, Their Lands, and Their SovereigntyChapter 3. The Era of Congressional Ascendancy over Tribes: 1886-1903Chapter 4. The Era of "Myths": Citizenship, Nomadism, and Moral ProgressChapter 5. The Era of Judicial Backlash and Land ClaimsChapter 6. The Era of the Imperial JudiciaryChapter 7. Removing the MasksAppendix A. Cases CitedAppendix B. Supreme Court Justices Authoring the Fifteen Opinions AnalyzedNotesGlossaryReferencesIndex