Synopses & Reviews
Integrating American Indian law and Native American political and legal traditions, this encyclopedia includes detailed descriptions of nearly two dozen Native American Nations' legal and political systems such as the Iroquois, Cherokee, Choctaw, Navajo, Cheyenne, Creek, Chickasaw, Comanche, Sioux, Pueblo, Mandan, Wyandot, Powhatan, Mikmaq, and Yakima. Although not an Indian law casebook, this work does contain outlines of many major Indian law cases, congressional acts, and treaties. It also contains profiles of individuals important to the evolution of Indian law. This work will be of interest to scholars in several fields, including law, Native American studies, American history, political science, anthropology, and sociology.
Review
...and excellent addition to Native American studies, law, and U.S. history collections....This work is highly recommended.ARBA
Review
In a simple and straightforward volume, Bruce Elliott Johansen has compiled a useful mix of topics....The entries are written so that interested nonprofessional readers can quickly grasp the outlines of the various topics that make up the continuing political relationships between the United States and American Indians....It will serve the busy writer/researcher well since basic citations are given with each entry....On the whole, this encyclopedia offers the reader quick and easy access to the important topics that constitute this aaspect of American Indian life. It reflects well the current understanding of the Native American legal tradition as it reaches this generation. It should be a welcome addition to personal and professional libraries.The Journal of American History
Synopsis
Integrating American Indian law and Native American political and legal traditions, this encyclopedia includes detailed descriptions of nearly two dozen Native American Nations' legal and political systems such as the Iroquois, Cherokee, Choctaw, Navajo, Cheyenne, Creek, Chickasaw, Comanche, Sioux, Pueblo, Mandan, Wyandot, Powhatan, Mikmaq, and Yakima. Although not an Indian law casebook, this work does contain outlines of many major Indian law cases, congressional acts, and treaties. It also contains profiles of individuals important to the evolution of Indian law. This work will be of interest to scholars in several fields, including law, Native American studies, American history, political science, anthropology, and sociology.
About the Author
BRUCE ELLIOTT JOHANSEN is Robert T. Reilly Professor of Journalism and Native American Studies at the University of Nebraska, Omaha.
Table of Contents
Foreword: To Save a Democracy by Charles Riley Cloud
Introduction
The Encyclopedia
Bibliography
Index