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Author

Scherer, Mark R.

Title Imperfect victories : the legal tenacity of the Omaha Tribe, 1945-1995 / Mark R. Scherer.

Imprint

Lincoln, Neb. : University of Nebraska Press, 1999.

Copies

Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe 3rd Floor Stacks	323.119752 Sch28i	---	Available

Description	xviii, 166 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Series	Law in the American West ; v. 6
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	The arrival of Public Law 280 on the Omaha reservation, 1946-1953 -- Public Law 280 in operation and the battle over retrocession, 1953-1970 -- The Omaha experience with Indian Claims Commission case 225, 1951-1964 -- Round two before the Indian Claims Commission : case 138, 1951-1966 -- The legal struggle for Blackbird Bend, 1966-1995.
Subject	Omaha Indians -- Government policy.
	Omaha Indians -- Legal status, laws, etc.
	Omaha Indians -- Land tenure.
	United States -- Trials, litigation, etc.
	United States -- Race relations.
ISBN	0803242514 (cloth : alk. paper)