Description
An cutting edge reappraisal of federal courts in Indian territory, showing how america Congress used judicial reform to suppress the 5 Tribes’ governments and transparent the best way for Oklahoma statehood. Burton attracts on federal and tribal archives to track the converting relationship between the government and the Indian republics from the post-Civil War Reconstruction treaties to the Enabling Act that carried Oklahoma to the edge of statehood. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.