Williams, Jr. Linking Arms Together

American Indian Treaty Visions of Law and Peace, 1600-1800
Erscheinungsjahr 2013
ISBN: 978-1-135-28292-9
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 204 Seiten

This readable yet sophisticated survey of treaty-making between Native and European Americans before 1800, recovers a deeper understanding of how Indians tried to forge a new society with whites on the multicultural frontiers of North America-an understanding that may enlighten our own task of protecting Native American rights and imagining racial justice.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Williams, Jr., Robert A.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Paradigms for Behavior
1. National Mythologies and American Indians
2. Treaties as Sacred Texts
3. Treaties as Connections
4. Treaties as Stories
5. Treaties as Constitutions
Conclusion: Understanding American Indian Treaty Visions of Law and Peace
Notes
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Robert A. Williams, Jr., is Professor of Law and American Indian Studies at the University of Arizona. A member of the Lumbee Indian tribe of North Carolina, he is author of the award-winning The American Indian in Western Legal Thought (1990).