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American Indians, time, and the law

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"In 1959, the Supreme Court ushered in a new era of Indian law, which recognizes Indian tribes as permanent governments within the federal constitutional system and, on the whole, honors old promises to the Indians. Drawing together historical sources such as the records of treaty negotiations with the Indians, classic political theory on the nature of sovereignty, and anthropological studies of societal change, Wilkinson evaluates the Court's work in Indian law over the past twenty five years and considers the effects of time on law."-- back cov.

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American Indians, Time, and the Law: Native Societies in a Modern Constitutional Democracy
March 23, 1988, Yale University Press
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American Indians, time, and the law: native societies in a modern constitutional democracy
1987, Yale University Press
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American Indians, time, and the law: native societies in a modern constitutional democracy
1987, Yale University Press
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American Indians, time, and the law: native societies in a modern constitutional democracy
1987, Yale University Press
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American Indians, time, and the law: historical rights at the Bar of the Supreme Court
1986, Yale University Press
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Bibliography: p. 133-219.
"Supreme Court cases in Indian law during the modern era": p. 123-132.
Includes index.

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342.73/0872, 347.302872
Library of Congress
KF8205 .W53 1987

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xi, 225 p. ;
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225

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OL2716085M
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0300035896
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86009164
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