Download or read book A Law of Blood the Primitive Law of the Cherokee Nation written by John Phillip Reid and published by New York : New York University Press. This book was released on 1970 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Law of Blood written by John Phillip Reid and published by . This book was released on 1970-03-01 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Fire and the Spirits written by Rennard Strickland and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 1982-09-01 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volume 133 in The Civilization of the Americas Series This book traces the emergency of the Cherokee system of laws from the ancient spirit decrees to the fusion of tribal law ways with Anglo-American law. The Cherokees enacted their first written law in 1808 in Georgia. In succeeding years the leaders and tribal councils of the southeastern and Oklahoma groups wrote a constitution, established courts, and enacted laws that were in accord with the old tribal values but reflected and accommodated to the whites' legal system. Thanks to the great gift of Sequoyah-his syllabary-the Cherokees were well versed in their laws, able to read and interpret them from a very early time. The system served the people well. It endured until 1898, when the federal government abolished the tribal government. The author provides a brief review of Cherokee history and explains the circumstances surrounding the stages of development of the legal system. Excerpts from editorials in the Cherokee Phoenix and the Cherokee Advocate, letters, and tribal documents give added insight into the problems the Cherokees faced and their efforts to resolve them. Of particular interest is a series of charts explaining the complex Cherokee spirit system of crimes (or "deviations") and the punishments meted out for them. A legal historian of Osage and Cherokee heritage, Rennard Strickland is considered a pioneer in introducing Indian law into university curriculum. He has written and edited more than 35 books and is frequently cited by courts and scholars for his work as revision editor in chief of the Handbook of Federal Indian Law. Strickland has been involved in the resolution of a number of significant Indian cases. He was the founding director of the Center for the Study of American Indian Law and Policy at the University of Oklahoma. He is the first person to have served both as president of the Association of American Law Schools and as chair of the Law School Admissions Council. He is also the only person to have received both the Society of American Law Teachers (SALT) Award and the American Bar Association's Spirit of Excellence Award. Strickland was the dean of the law school from 1997 to 2002.
Download or read book The Embattled Northeast written by Kenneth M. Morrison and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1984-01-01 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Embattled Northeast breaks with established wisdom concerning the dynamics of Indian-white relations. It shows that Euramericans' technological superiority did not undermine the Abenaki's self-confidence, but that trade pushed the tribes toward reaching an alliance among themselves as the first step in dealing with colonials. The study also tells how the Abenaki adapted to the post-contact world in order to secure their lives in religious terms, combining their own religious beliefs with compatible French Jesuit teachings"--Jacket.
Download or read book Constitution and Laws of the Cherokee Nation written by Cherokee Nation and published by . This book was released on 1875 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Compiled Laws of the Cherokee Nation written by Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma and published by Tahlequah, I. T. : National Advocate Print.. This book was released on 1881 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Laws of the Cherokee Nation written by Cherokee Nation and published by . This book was released on 1852 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Constitution and Laws of the Cherokee Nation Passed at Tah le quah Cherokee Nation 1839 written by Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma and published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. This book was released on 1852 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Laws of Cherokee Nation written by Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma and published by . This book was released on 1890 with total page 3 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Constitution and Laws of the Cherokee Nation written by Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma and published by . This book was released on 1852 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Race and the Cherokee Nation written by Randal Hall and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2013-11-21 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "We believe by blood only," said a Cherokee resident of Oklahoma, speaking to reporters in 2007 after voting in favor of the Cherokee Nation constitutional amendment limiting its membership. In an election that made headlines around the world, a majority of Cherokee voters chose to eject from their tribe the descendants of the African American freedmen Cherokee Indians had once enslaved. Because of the unique sovereign status of Indian nations in the United States, legal membership in an Indian nation can have real economic benefits. In addition to money, the issues brought forth in this election have racial and cultural roots going back before the Civil War. Race and the Cherokee Nation examines how leaders of the Cherokee Nation fostered a racial ideology through the regulation of interracial marriage. By defining and policing interracial sex, nineteenth-century Cherokee lawmakers preserved political sovereignty, delineated Cherokee identity, and established a social hierarchy. Moreover, Cherokee conceptions of race and what constituted interracial sex differed from those of blacks and whites. Moving beyond the usual black/white dichotomy, historian Fay A. Yarbrough places American Indian voices firmly at the center of the story, as well as contrasting African American conceptions and perspectives on interracial sex with those of Cherokee Indians. For American Indians, nineteenth-century relationships produced offspring that pushed racial and citizenship boundaries. Those boundaries continue to have an impact on the way individuals identify themselves and what legal rights they can claim today.
Download or read book A Better Kind of Hatchet written by John Phillip Reid and published by Penn State University Press. This book was released on 1976 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first thorough examination of the impact of European culture on an American Indian nation, this book builds on the author's pioneering work, A Law of Blood: The Primitive Law of the Cherokee Nation. The emphasis of the present book is on trade and the laws of trade, but it also shows how trade affected diplomacy--especially during the Yamasee War (1715-16), when Cherokee intervention on the side of the English settlers was vital to the survival of South Carolina. The Cherokees (and the southern Indians in general) had laws and customs governing trade, barter, sales, contracts, and debts; thus they did not have to learn from the Europeans about these activities and the legal principles governing them. Indeed, contrary to general belief, Cherokee legal institutions were resistant to change and, where British and Cherokee law came into conflict, it was the former that usually had to yield. In the Yamasee War there was no formal alliance between the Cherokees and the English against the Creeks; most Cherokees simply joined the side with which their trade relations seemed more valuable than Indian solidarity. The geopolitical, commercial, historical, and anthropological importance of the Cherokees is made clear by Professor Reid. They held the mountains on the marchland of three empires: British, Spanish, French. Indian trade, moreover, was the first successful commercial enterprise of the Carolina settlers. Yet by 1725 all recognized that South Carolina could survive without Cherokee deerskins, whereas the Cherokees could not survive without Carolina-supplied ammunition and hardware. Although the Cherokees did not need to be taught the laws of trade, they were forced to learn about the profound changes in their institutions inexorably caused by European technology.
Download or read book Compiled laws of the Cherokee Nation written by Cherokee Nation and published by . This book was released on 1881 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Cherokee Indian Nation written by Duane H. King and published by Univ. of Tennessee Press. This book was released on 2005-05 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This important book explores the truth behind the legends, offering new insights into the turbulent history of these Native Americans. The book's readable style will appeal to all those interested in American Indians. "Any serious historian or reader of Native American literature must add Dr. King's classic book to their collection to appreciate its dimension and quality of research reporting." --Don Shadburn, Forsyth County News (Cummings, GA)
Download or read book The Cherokee Nation written by Robert J. Conley and published by UNM Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Robert Conley's history of the Cherokees is the first to be endorsed by the Cherokee Nation and to be written by a Cherokee.
Download or read book Prestatehood Legal Materials written by Michael Chiorazzi and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-05-13 with total page 1539 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explore the controversial legal history of the formation of the United States Prestatehood Legal Materials is your one-stop guide to the history and development of law in the U.S. and the change from territory to statehood. Unprecedented in its coverage of territorial government, this book identifies a wide range of available resources from each state to reveal the underlying legal principles that helped form the United States. In this unique publication, a state expert compiles each chapter using his or her own style, culminating in a diverse sourcebook that is interesting as well as informative. In Prestatehood Legal Materials, you will find bibliographies, references, and discussion on a varied list of source materials, including: state codes drafted by Congress county, state, and national archives journals and digests state and federal reports, citations, surveys, and studies books, manuscripts, papers, speeches, and theses town and city records and documents Web sites to help your search for more information and more Prestatehood Legal Materials provides you with brief overviews of state histories from colonization to acceptance into the United States. In this book, you will see how foreign countries controlled the laws of these territories and how these states eventually broke away to govern themselves. The text also covers the legal issues with Native Americans, inter-state and the Mexico and Canadian borders, and the development of the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of state government. This guide focuses on materials that are readily available to historians, political scientists, legal scholars, and researchers. Resources that assist in locating not-so-easily accessible materials are also covered. Special sections focus on the legal resources of colonial New York City and Washington, DC—which is still technically in its prestatehood stage. Due to the enormity of this project, the editor of Prestatehood Legal Materials created a Web page where updates, corrections, additions and more will be posted.
Download or read book LAWS OF THE CHEROKEE NATION PASSED DURING THE YEARS 1839 1867 CONSTITUTIONS AND LAWS OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN TRIBES written by CHEROKEE NATION. and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
