The Eagle Returns
The Legal History of the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians
Will be published approx. on 1. January 2012
Book
Hardback
269 pages
978-1-61186-022-1 (ISBN)
Description
An absorbing and comprehensive survey, The Eagle Returns: The Legal History of the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians shows a group bound by kinship,geography, and language, struggling to reestablish their right to self-governance. Hailing from northwest Lower Michigan, the Grand Traverse Band has become a well-known national leader in advancing Indian treaty rights, gaming, and land rights, while simultaneously creating and developing a nationally honored indigenous tribal justice system. This book will serve as a valuable reference for policymakers, lawyers, and Indian people who want to explore how federal Indian law and policy drove an Anishinaabe community to the brink of legal extinction, how non-Indian economic and political interests conspired to eradicate the community's self-sufficiency, and how Indian people fought to preserve their culture, laws, traditions, governance, and language.
Reviews / Votes
Fletcher's articulate capture of the Grand Traverse Band's history and current endeavors affords the reader an intimate glimpse inside the resilient strength and vision that makes the GTB what it is today - a dynamic, sovereign Tribal Nation with a strong regional economic presence and commitment to further enhance the lives of future generations. Kchi Megwetch [with great thanks] to Professor Fletcher, a proud GTB citizen.-Derek J. Bailey, Tribal Chairman, Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians In this important work, Matthew Fletcher provides a thorough and sobering legal history of the Grand Traverse Band, a Michigan Indian community "administratively terminated" by the Department of Interior in the 1870s and reorganized after generations of political efforts in the 1980s. As Fletcher highlights, the nebulous and changing realm of jurisprudence confronting this community of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians confirms the truism that whenever Congress sneezes, Native peoples end up in the hospital. In the detailed rendering of this tribal history moreover one also sees the unrivaled determination of Indian community members seeking justice for lost lands and rights. A wonderful contribution.
-Ned Blackhawk, Yale University
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
East Lansing, MI
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
College/higher education
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Paper over boards
With dust jacket
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
567 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-61186-022-1 (9781611860221)
Copyright in bibliographic data and cover images is held by Nielsen Book Services Limited or by the publishers or by their respective licensors: all rights reserved.
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Matthew L.M. Fletcher
Eagle Returns
The Legal History of the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians
E-Book
01/2012
1st Edition
Michigan State University Press
€39.89
Available for download
Matthew L. M. Fletcher
Eagle Returns
The Legal History of the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians
E-Book
01/2012
1st Edition
Michigan State University Press
€55.29
Available for download
Person
Matthew L.M. Fletcher is an Associate Professor in Michigan State University's College of Law, Director of the Indigenous Law and Policy Center, and an appellate justice for several Michigan tribal courts. In 2010 Professor Fletcher was elected to the American Law Institute.
Content
Contents
Introduction
1. The Story of the 1836 Treaty of Washington
2. The Story of the 1855 Treaty of Detroit
3. The Story of the Dispossession of the Grand Traverse Band Land Base
4. The Story of the Federal Recognition of the Grand Traverse Band
5. The Story of the Grand Traverse Band's Treaty Rights Fight
6. The Story of the Development of Modern Tribal Law and Justice Systems
7. The Story of the Grand Traverse Band's Gaming Operations
Afterword: Carcieri v. Salazar and the Band's Future Land Base
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Introduction
1. The Story of the 1836 Treaty of Washington
2. The Story of the 1855 Treaty of Detroit
3. The Story of the Dispossession of the Grand Traverse Band Land Base
4. The Story of the Federal Recognition of the Grand Traverse Band
5. The Story of the Grand Traverse Band's Treaty Rights Fight
6. The Story of the Development of Modern Tribal Law and Justice Systems
7. The Story of the Grand Traverse Band's Gaming Operations
Afterword: Carcieri v. Salazar and the Band's Future Land Base
Notes
Bibliography
Index