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In the Courts of the Conqueror

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Acknowledgments	p. vii
Foreword	p. xi
At the Courthouse Steps
The Courts of the Conqueror	p. 3
A Context for Understanding Native American Issues	p. 13
Justice, Injustice, and the Dark Side of Federal Indian Law	p. 31
Affairs of the Living
How the Indians Lost Legal Title to America	p. 55
Shutting the Courthouse Doors	p. 87
Connors v. United States & Cheyenne Indians: Were the Indian Wars Legal?	p. 123
Breaking the Treaties	p. 161
United States v. Sandoval: Rule by Guardianship	p. 189
In re Adoption of John Doe v. Heim: Taking the Kids	p. 217
The Spirit World
Wana the Bear v. Community Construction: Taking the Dead	p. 237
Employment Division v. Smith: Taking the Religion	p. 273
Lyng v. Northwest Indian Cemetery Association: Taking the Holy Places	p. 325
Tee-Hit-Ton Indians v. United States: Confiscating Indigenous Habitat	p. 359
From the Valley of Darkness to the Mountain Crest
Was Genocide Legal?	p. 399
Reforming the Dark Side of Federal Indian Law	p. 423
Afterword	p. 463
Endnotes	p. 471
Index	p. 549
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