Canadian Historical Review, vol. 64, no. 4, 1983, pp. 519-548
Description
Argues that contrary to accepted wisdom, the Canadian government did not have honourable and just intentions, but violated treaties by refusing to grant the reserve lands that had been chosen and failing to supply the promised provisions. Instead Commissioner Dewdney used the courts, military and police to bring about political goals.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 11, no. 2, Spring, 1987, pp. 97-125
Description
Looks at the evolution of the Cherokee legal system, from traditional blood feuds to a traditional tribal court system. However, the signing of the New Echota Treaty in 1835 saw the return to blood feuds within the Cherokee Nation.
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 4, no. 1, Spring, 1988, pp. 39-48
Description
Author reflects on the international legal standards regarding the 1868 Fort Laramie Treaty of Black Hills between the United States government and the Sioux Nation.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 31, no. 4, 2007, pp. 145-198
Description
Book review of:
Becoming Two-Spirit: Gay Identity and Social Acceptance in Indian Country Brian Joseph Gilley.
Blonde Indian: An Alaska Native Memoir by Ernestine Hayes.
Canyon Gardens: The Ancient Pueblo Landscapes of the American Southwest edited by V. B. Price and Baker H. Morrow.
The Cherokee Nation in the Civil War by Clarissa W. Confer.
Crossing Waters, Crossing Worlds: The African Diaspora in Indian Country edited by Tiya Miles and Sharon P.
" ... explores the possibilities of treaty education for reconciliation with First Nations people, as corrective to the foundational myth of Canada and as a means of fostering ethically engaged citizenship."
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 31, no. 1, Winter, 2007, pp. 129-164
Description
Author explores the roles and meanings that have been ascribed to the Friendship Belt and the Two Row Wampum belts historically and what impact they have on contemporary Haudenosaunee understandings of nationhood and sovereignty.