Faith in paper : the ethnohistory and litigation of upper Great Lakes Indian treaties / Charles E. Cleland ; with Bruce R. Greene [and others].
Cleland, Charles E., 1936-; Greene, Bruce R.
2011
KF8205 .C54 2011 (Mapit)
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Title Faith in paper : the ethnohistory and litigation of upper Great Lakes Indian treaties / Charles E. Cleland ; with Bruce R. Greene [and others].
Author Cleland, Charles E., 1936-
ISBN 9780472117291 (cloth ; alk. paper)
0472117297 (cloth ; alk. paper)
9780472028498 (ebk.)
0472028499 (ebk.)
Imprint Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, ©2011.
Language English
Description x, 391 pages : maps ; 26 cm
Call Number KF8205 .C54 2011
Dewey Decimal Classification 346.7704/3208997
Summary 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.
Organized around eight of the region's most important treaty lawsuits, the book features detailed descriptions and explanations by each case's lead attorney, some of the best legal minds in their field. These lawsuits include cases on fishery and hunting rights (United States v. Michigan; Lac Courte Oreilles v. Wisconsin [Voigt]; Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin v. Thompson; and Mille Lacs Band of Chippewa Indians v. Minnesota); reservation boundaries (Keweenaw Bay Indian Community v. Michigan; Wisconsin v. Stockbridge Munsee Community and Robert Chicks; and County of Mille Lacs v. Melanie Benjamin et al.); and property tax (Keweenaw Bay Indian Community v. Naftaly). Faith in Paper is both an invaluable contribution to the scholarship of American Indian law and a rich resource for Native people themselves as they strive to retain or regain rights that have eroded over the years. --Book Jacket.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-377) and index.
Added Author Greene, Bruce R.
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Part 1. Exploring the origins of indian treaties
Introductory notes
The treaty
The foundations of treaty making
The invention of Euro-American and Indian treaty making
Treaties and American law
Part 2. Usufructuary litigation
The treaties of 1836 and 1855
United States v. Michigan / by Bruce R. Greene
United States v. Michigan / by Marc Slonim
The treaties of St. Peters (1837) and La Pointe
Lac Courte Oreilles band v. Wisconsin / by Kathryn L. Tierney
Milles Lacs band of Chippewa Indians et al. v. State of Minnesota et al. / by Marc Slonim
The Menominee and the coming of Europeans
Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin v. Thompson / by Bruce R. Greene
Part 3. Reservation issues
The boundary of the Keweenaw Bay Reservation
Keweenaw Bay Indian Community v. Michigan / by Bruce R. Greene
Factionalism and removal : the Stockbridge and Munsee, 1830-56
State of Wisconsin v. Stockbridge-Munsee Community and Robert Chicks / by Brian Pierson
The ethnohistory of the Mille Lacs Reservation boundary
County of Mille Lacs v. Melanie Benjamin et al. / by Marc Slonim
The treaties of Detroit, August 2, 1855, and Saginaw, October 18, 1864
Allotment and land loss on the Keweenaw Bay reservation
Keweenaw Bay Indian Community v. Naftaly / by Skip Durocher
Part 4. Conclusions
The benefits of reestablished treaties.

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