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Author Banner, Stuart, 1963-

Title How the Indians lost their land : law and power on the frontier / Stuart Banner.

Imprint Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2005.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  333.2 B226h 2005    ---  Available
Description 344 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Native proprietors -- Manhattan for twenty-four dollars -- From contract to treaty -- A revolution in land policy -- From ownership to occupancy -- Removal -- Reservations -- Allotment.
Subject Indians of North America -- Land tenure.
Indians of North America -- Legal status, laws, etc.
Indians of North America -- Government relations.
Indian land transfers -- United States -- History.
Property -- United States.
Land tenure -- Law and legislation -- United States
Land tenure -- Government policy -- United States.
United States -- Politics and government.
United States -- Race relations.
ISBN 0674018710 (alk. paper)
9780674018716 (alk. paper)
Standard No. NLGGC 273707205
YDXCP 2214848
NZ1 9194425

 
    
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