@article{1381202, author = {Cleland, Charles E., and Greene, Bruce R.}, url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1381202}, title = {Faith in paper : the ethnohistory and litigation of upper Great Lakes Indian treaties /}, publisher = {University of Michigan Press,}, abstract = {During the last quarter of the twentieth century, the native people of Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota made numerous complaints that their long-standing treaty agreements with the United States were being totally ignored by their state and local governments. Faith in Paper explores the epic clashes in the federal courts that led, in most cases, not only to the reaffirmation of historic treaty agreements but also to newfound tribal sovereignty. This fascinating story is told through historical narratives describing many of these treaty agreements, the conditions of their negotiations, the different understandings of their content, and their effects on Native people, making Faith in Paper the first comprehensive analysis of treaty making between the United States and indigenous American Indian tribes and providing context in the fields of history, anthropology, and the law.}, recid = {1381202}, pages = {x, 391 pages :}, address = {Ann Arbor :}, year = {2011}, }