American Indian Treaties: The History of a Political Anomaly

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American Indian affairs are much in the public mind lately—hotly contested debates over such issues as Indian fishing rights, land claims, and reservation gambling hold our attention. Whilst the unique legal status of American Indians rests at the historical treaty relationship between Indian tribes and the federal government, until now there was no comprehensive history of these treaties and their role in American life.

Francis Paul Prucha, a leading authority at the history of American Indian affairs, argues that the treaties were a political anomaly from the very beginning. The term “treaty” implies a contract between sovereign independent nations, yet Indians were all the time able of inequality and dependence as negotiators, a fact that complicates their current attempts to regain their rights and tribal sovereignty.

Prucha’s impeccably researched book, in accordance with a close analysis of each treaty, makes imaginable a thorough understanding of a legal quandary whose legacy is so palpably felt lately.
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