The Eagle Returns: The Legal History of the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781611860221)

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.

Author: Matthew L. M. Fletcher
ISBN-10: 1611860229
ISBN-13: 9781611860221
Publisher: Michigan State University Press
Language: English
Published: 01/01/2012
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.25lbs
Size: 9.46h x 6.11w x 0.88d

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 04/01/2012 pg. 33