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American crossroads volume 3
Publisher
University of California Press
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
English
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A social history of Indian/white relations around Puget Sound over 150 years, investigating the changing definitions of what is and is not an Indian, from first contact with traders in the 1820s to the struggles for Indian rights in the 1970s.
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Publisher
Center for the Study of the Pacific Northwest in association with University of Washington Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
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"In the landmark 1978 case Oliphant v. Suquamish, the Supreme Court ruled that no Indian tribe can lawfully prosecute non-Indians. This decision had far-reaching effects in subsequent disputes about the jurisdiction of American Indian tribes, the terms of their relationship to the United States, their powers as political entities, and the significance of Indian reservations. Yet, even though few developments have highlighted the tensions, hopes, and...
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