American Indian Sovereignty and the U.S. Supreme by David E Wilkins PAPERBACK

American Indian Sovereignty and the U.S. Supreme CourtThe Masking of Justice\nAuthor(s): David E. Wilkins\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: University of Texas Press, United States\nImprint: University of Texas Press\nISBN-13: 9780292791091, 978-0292791091\nSynopsis\n\""Like the miner's canary, the Indian marks the shift from fresh air to poison gas in our political atmosphere; and our treatment of Indians, even more than our treatment of other minorities, reflects the rise and fall in our democratic faith,\"" wrote Felix S. Cohen, an early expert in Indian legal affairs.\n\nIn this book, David Wilkins charts the \""fall in our democratic faith\"" through fifteen landmark cases in which the Supreme Court significantly curtailed Indian rights. He offers compelling evidence that Supreme Court justices selectively used precedents and facts, both historical and contemporary, to arrive at decisions that have undermined tribal sovereignty, legitimated massive tribal land losses, sanctioned the di.