Native American Law: Books: Treaties

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Excerpt from University of Washington Press book description: "In 1974, Judge George Boldt issued a ruling that affirmed the fishing rights and [[T]ribal sovereignty of Native nations in Washington State. The Boldt Decision transformed Indigenous law and resource management across the United States and beyond. Like Brown v. Board of Education, the case also brought about far-reaching societal changes, reinforcing [T]ribal sovereignty and remedying decades of injustice. Eminent legal historian and [T]ribal advocate Charles Wilkinson tells the dramatic story of the Boldt Decision against the backdrop of salmon’s central place in the cultures and economies of the Pacific Northwest."

Excerpt from publisher's book description: A "readable yet sophisticated survey of treaty-making between Native and European Americans before 1800."
Chapters include: 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; and Conclusion: Understanding American Indian Treaty Visions of Law and Peace.

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Professor of History and Native American Studies Colin Calloway discusses the Treaty of Fort Stanwix (1768), the Treaty of New Echota (1835), and the Treaty of Medicine Lodge (1867). He also describes the Peace of Montreal in 1701 and the treaties of Fort Laramie (1851 and 1868).

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Amazon book description: "Treaties made in the 1800s between the United States and the Indigenous nations of what is now Wisconsin have had profound influence on the region’s cultural and political landscape. Yet few people realize that in the early part of that century, the Menominee and Ho-Chunk Nations of Wisconsin signed land treaties with several Indigenous nations from New York State. At the onset of the removal era, these eastern nations, including the Oneida Nation and the Six Nations Confederacy, were under constant pressure from the federal government and land speculators to move to lands around Green Bay and Lake Winnebago. In this groundbreaking book, Carol A. Cornelius has compiled a careful account of these nation-to-nation treaties, in large part in the words of those Indigenous leaders who served as the voices and representatives of their nations. Drawing on a rich collection of primary sources, Cornelius walks readers through how, why, and for whom these treaties were made and how the federal government’s failure and unwillingness to acknowledge their legitimacy led to the further loss of Indigenous lands. The living documents transcribed here testify to the complexity and sovereignty of Indigenous governance then and now, making this volume a vital resource for historians and an accessible introduction to Indigenous treatymaking in Wisconsin."