American Indians and the Law

American Indians and the LawThe history and politics of American Indians' unique constitutional status from a renowned scholar Few Americans know that Indian tribes have a legal status unique among America's distinct racial and ethnic groups: They are also sovereign governments that engage in governmental relations with Congress. The self rule of Native tribes long predates the founding of the United States, and that peculiar status has led to legal and political disputeswith

he teaches his granddaughter to listen—to hear both the sounds and the silences

A stranger answers the phone when she calls her adoptive parents

who span a vast geographic region from the Great Lakes to the Plains and beyond

living with the earth instead of on the earth

celebrates the book as an object of meaning that will last the ages

On a spring morning in 1932

Elliott's deeply personal writing details a life spent between Indigenous and white communities

What becomes apparent is the amazing resemblance between indigenous teachings and some of the insights that are emerging from modern science

Her journey links ancient stone paintings with a magical island where a bookish recluse built an extraordinary library

the work to come will not just surface suppressed stories

the woman's experience

the family genealogy