Faith in Paper
The Ethnohistory and Litigation of Upper Great Lakes Indian Treaties
Published on 5. October 2011
Book
Hardback
408 pages
978-0-472-11729-1 (ISBN)
Description
Faith in Paper is about the reinstitution of Indian treaty rights in the Upper Great Lakes region during the last quarter of the 20th century. The book focuses on the treaties and legal cases that together have awakened a new day in Native American sovereignty and established the place of Indian tribes on the modern political landscape.
In addition to discussing the historic development of Indian treaties and their social and legal context, Charles E. Cleland outlines specific treaties litigated in modern courts as well as the impact of treaty litigation on the modern Indian and non-Indian communities of the region. Faith in Paper is both an important contribution to the scholarship of Indian legal matters and a rich resource for Indians themselves as they strive to retain or regain rights that have eroded over the years.
Charles E. Cleland is Michigan State University Emeritus Professor of Anthropology and Curator of Anthropology and Ethnology. He has been an expert witness in numerous Native American land claims and fishing rights cases and written a number of other books on the subject, including Rites of Conquest: The History and Culture of Michigan's Native Americans; The Place of the Pike (Gnoozhekaaning): A History of the Bay Mills Indian Community; and (as a contributor) Fish in the Lakes, Wild Rice, and Game in Abundance: Testimony on Behalf of Mille Lacs Ojibwe Hunting and Fishing Rights.
In addition to discussing the historic development of Indian treaties and their social and legal context, Charles E. Cleland outlines specific treaties litigated in modern courts as well as the impact of treaty litigation on the modern Indian and non-Indian communities of the region. Faith in Paper is both an important contribution to the scholarship of Indian legal matters and a rich resource for Indians themselves as they strive to retain or regain rights that have eroded over the years.
Charles E. Cleland is Michigan State University Emeritus Professor of Anthropology and Curator of Anthropology and Ethnology. He has been an expert witness in numerous Native American land claims and fishing rights cases and written a number of other books on the subject, including Rites of Conquest: The History and Culture of Michigan's Native Americans; The Place of the Pike (Gnoozhekaaning): A History of the Bay Mills Indian Community; and (as a contributor) Fish in the Lakes, Wild Rice, and Game in Abundance: Testimony on Behalf of Mille Lacs Ojibwe Hunting and Fishing Rights.
Reviews / Votes
"Faith in Paper... deftly blends ethnohistory with jurisprudence to reveal a complex narrative of cultural interaction between Native Americans and settlers."-Andrew Dietzel, Central Michigan University, The Michigan Historical Review -- Andrew Dietzel * The Michigan Historical Review *
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Language
English
Place of publication
Ann Arbor
United States
Publishing group
The University of Michigan Press
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
29 maps; 2 tables
Dimensions
Height: 254 mm
Width: 178 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-472-11729-1 (9780472117291)
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Charles E. Cleland is Michigan State University emeritus professor of anthropology and former curator of anthropology and ethnology. He has been an expert witness in numerous Native American land claims and fishing rights cases and written a number of other books on the subject, including Rites of Conquest: The History and Culture of Michigan's Native Americans, Place of the Pike: A History of the Bay Mills Indian Community, and Fish in the Lakes, Wild Rice, and Game in Abundance: Testimony on Behalf of Mille Lacs Ojibwe Hunting and Fishing Rights.
Content
Preface
Acknowledgments
Part 1. Exploring the Origins of Indian Treaties
Chapter 1. Introductory Notes
Chapter 2. The Treaty
Chapter 3. The Foundations of Treaty Making
Chapter 4. The Invention of Euro-American and Indian Treaty Making
Chapter 5. Treaties and American Law
Part 2. Usufructuary Litigation
Chapter 6. The Treaties of 1836 and 1855
Chapter 7. United States v. Michigan, by Bruce R. Greene
Chapter 8. United States v. Michigan, by Marc Slonim
Chapter 9. The Treaties of St. Peters (1837) and La Pointe (1842)
Chapter 10. Lac Courte Oreilles Band v. Wisconsin, by Kathryn L. Tierney
Chapter 11. Milles Lacs Band of Chippewa Indians et al. v. State of Minnesota et al.,
by Marc Slonim
Chapter 12. The Menominee and the Coming of Europeans
Chapter 13. Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin v. Thompson, by Bruce R. Greene
Part 3. Reservation Issues
Chapter 14. The Boundary of the Keweenaw Bay Reservation
Chapter 15. Keweenaw Bay Indian Community v. Michigan, by Bruce R. Greene
Chapter 16. Factionalism and Removal: The Stockbridge and Munsee, 1830-56
Chapter 17. State of Wisconsin v. Stockbridge-Munsee Community and Robert Chicks,
by Brian Pierson
Chapter 18. The Ethnohistory of the Mille Lacs Reservation Boundary
Chapter 19. County of Mille Lacs v. Melanie Benjamin et al., by Marc Slonim
Chapter 20. The Treaties of Detroit (August 2, 1855) and Saginaw (October 18, 1864)
Chapter 21. Allotment and Land Loss on the Keweenaw Bay Reservation
Chapter 22. Keweenaw Bay Indian Community v. Naftaly, by Skip Durocher
Part 4. Conclusions
Chapter 23. The Benefits of Reestablished Treaties
Notes
Acronyms and Bibliography, compiled by Nancy N. Cleland
Index
Acknowledgments
Part 1. Exploring the Origins of Indian Treaties
Chapter 1. Introductory Notes
Chapter 2. The Treaty
Chapter 3. The Foundations of Treaty Making
Chapter 4. The Invention of Euro-American and Indian Treaty Making
Chapter 5. Treaties and American Law
Part 2. Usufructuary Litigation
Chapter 6. The Treaties of 1836 and 1855
Chapter 7. United States v. Michigan, by Bruce R. Greene
Chapter 8. United States v. Michigan, by Marc Slonim
Chapter 9. The Treaties of St. Peters (1837) and La Pointe (1842)
Chapter 10. Lac Courte Oreilles Band v. Wisconsin, by Kathryn L. Tierney
Chapter 11. Milles Lacs Band of Chippewa Indians et al. v. State of Minnesota et al.,
by Marc Slonim
Chapter 12. The Menominee and the Coming of Europeans
Chapter 13. Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin v. Thompson, by Bruce R. Greene
Part 3. Reservation Issues
Chapter 14. The Boundary of the Keweenaw Bay Reservation
Chapter 15. Keweenaw Bay Indian Community v. Michigan, by Bruce R. Greene
Chapter 16. Factionalism and Removal: The Stockbridge and Munsee, 1830-56
Chapter 17. State of Wisconsin v. Stockbridge-Munsee Community and Robert Chicks,
by Brian Pierson
Chapter 18. The Ethnohistory of the Mille Lacs Reservation Boundary
Chapter 19. County of Mille Lacs v. Melanie Benjamin et al., by Marc Slonim
Chapter 20. The Treaties of Detroit (August 2, 1855) and Saginaw (October 18, 1864)
Chapter 21. Allotment and Land Loss on the Keweenaw Bay Reservation
Chapter 22. Keweenaw Bay Indian Community v. Naftaly, by Skip Durocher
Part 4. Conclusions
Chapter 23. The Benefits of Reestablished Treaties
Notes
Acronyms and Bibliography, compiled by Nancy N. Cleland
Index