Native American JusticeTracing the history of U.S. Indian policy from the eighteenth century to the present, this book explores how the Euro-American ethos of Manifest Destiny fueled a devastating campaign of ethnic cleansing against Native Americans. After decimating the Indian population through organized massacres, the U.S. government forcibly removed the survivors from their homelands to live on reservations. Physical genocide gave way to attempts at cultural eradication through policies designed to Christianize and civilize the Indians. These policies included the traumatic separation of children from their families for indoctrination and abuse in remote boarding schools. Treaties and policies are linked to the concept of federal paternalism and its relationship to pervasive health and social problems endemic in Indian country, including substance abuse and addiction. The book is divided into three main parts. Part I covers the US government's treatment of Indians from the colonial era to the present. Part II describes how the Cherokees' aboriginal concept of blood vengeance gave way to justice models based on the Protestant ethic. Part II also discusses governmental restrictions of religious expression by Indians. Part III delves into the judicial system within Indian country, looking at tribal courts, the Navajo court system, law enforcement, and corrections. An epilogue covers the incompleteness of social justice in Indian country, as reflected in problems such as the misuse of Indian money by the federal government. A Burnham Publishers book |
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THE GENESIS OF INDIANUS RELATIONS | 1 |
USIndian Treaties and Policies from 1778 to 1870 | 5 |
The Evolution of Laws and Courts in Indian Country | 16 |
Allotment and the Destruction of the Five Civilized Tribes | 22 |
From the Ashes of Ethnic CleansingIndian Reorganization and Tribal Preservation | 27 |
The Reemergence of Cultural Genocide and AntiIndianism | 33 |
CIVIL RIGHTS SELF DETERMINATION AND THE HEW FEDERALISM | 41 |
Title IIRights of Indians | 44 |
INDIAN COURTS AND JURISDICTIONS | 125 |
UNEQUAL AND PUNISHMENT UNDER THE LAW | 127 |
Crow Dog and the Major Crimes Act | 131 |
The Court of No Appeal in Indian Territory | 135 |
TRIBAL COURTS SELFDETERMINATION AND LIMITED JUSTICE | 139 |
The Indian Reorganization Act and the Establishment of Tribal Courts | 141 |
The Influence of Public Law 280 on Indian Courts | 142 |
The Influence of the Indian Civil Rights Act on Tribal Justice | 143 |
Title IIIModel Code Governing Courts of Indian Offenses | 45 |
Title VIIMaterials Relating to Constitutional Rights of Indians | 47 |
Title IDetermination of Civil and Criminal Jurisdiction and Law | 52 |
Title IIImprovement of Law Enforcement on Indian Reservations | 53 |
INDIAN JUSTICE | 75 |
ABORIGINAL JUSTICE CHEROKEE BLOOD VENGEANCE | 77 |
The American Indian Harmony Ethos | 80 |
The Cherokee Example of the Harmony Ethos | 83 |
EuroAmerican Influence on Cherokee Justice | 91 |
AMERICAN INDIAN RELIGIOUS FREEDOM WITHIN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE CONTEXT HISTORY CURRENT STATUS AND PROSPECTS... | 95 |
Preface | 96 |
Introduction | 97 |
United States Policy of Christianization | 99 |
The Continuing Struggle | 105 |
American Indian Religious Freedom within the Prison Context | 110 |
The Indian Tribal Act of 1993 and Tribal Codes | 144 |
THE NAVAJO COURT SYSTEM | 147 |
Navajo Adult Court System | 149 |
Navajo Juvenile Court System | 153 |
Navajo Peacemaker Court | 157 |
Profile of Criminal Civil and Juvenile Cases in Navajo Courts | 168 |
LAW ENFORCEMENT AND CORRECTIONS IN INDIAN COUNTRY | 173 |
Toward Greater Federal Control over Indian Law Enforcement | 178 |
THE ISSUE OF SOCIAL JUSTICE IN INDIAN COUNTRY | 193 |
Resolution of the American Indian Policy Review Commission | 195 |
Principles of Indian Sovereignty and the Trust Responsibility | 201 |
Declarative Judgment of the Indian Suit against the US Government | 206 |
NOTES | 211 |
INDEX | 231 |
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