ISBN:
9780295989358
Language:
English
Pages:
XVIII, 300 S.
,
Ill.
DDC:
340.092
Keywords:
Ziontz, Alvin J
;
Lawyers Biography
;
Indians of North America Civil rights
;
Indians of North America Legal status, laws, etc
;
Erlebnisbericht
;
USA
;
Indianer
;
Mandant
;
Rechtsanwalt
Description / Table of Contents:
The road to Neah Bay -- The road to Neah Bay begins in Chicago -- The University of Chicago, the army, and Seattle -- Becoming a lawyer -- Seven years of lawyering in West Seattle -- Creating a law firm -- Indian fishing rights : joining the struggle -- The Makahs -- Recovering lost property : Ozette, Tatoosh, and Waadah -- The Lummi Tribe -- Indian fishing rights : eighty years of suppression, twenty years of confrontation -- The big bang : U.S. v. Washington begins -- U.S. v. Washington : the trial -- U.S. v. Washington : closing arguments and judge Boldt's decision -- The U.S. Supreme Court has the last word : consequences of the Boldt decision -- The Confederate Tribes of the Colville Reservation -- The Northern Cheyennes fight strip-mining -- The Northern Cheyennes and the Hollowbreast case -- The Oliphant case : a setback for tribal government -- Writing about the Indian Civil Rights Act -- Leaving law for academia -- A firm of tribal attorneys -- Representing fishermen of the Alaska Peninsula -- The Mille Lacs Band of Chippewas -- The Wanda Boswell case -- The Northern Arapaho Tribe -- Photographing the Northern Cheyennes -- The Makah whale hunt -- A life in being.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references
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