United States: Notes From A Miner's Canary: Essays On The State Of Native America

United States: Notes From A Miner's Canary: Essays On The State Of Native America Jace Weaver   2010   University of New Mexico Press   The title of this collection of authoritative essays comes from Felix Cohen, the great authority, truly a Blackstone, on Native American law: "The Indian plays much the same role in our American society that the Jews played in Germany. Like the miner's canary, the Indian marks the shift from fresh air to poisonous gas in our political atmosphere; and our...

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