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  • Gold Mountain Turned to Dust

    Essays on the Legal History of the Chinese in the Nineteenth-Century American West

    by John R. Wunder ...
    Some half million Chinese immigrants settled in the American West in the nineteenth century. In spite of their vital contributions to the economy in gold mining, railroad construction, the founding of small businesses, and land reclamation, the Chinese were targets of systematic political discrimination and widespread violence. This legal history of the Chinese experience in the American West, ... Read more

    $23.99 USD

  • Echo of Its Time

    The History of the Federal District Court of Nebraska, 1867-1933

    by John R. Wunder, Mark R. Scherer ...
    Throughout its existence the Federal District Court of Nebraska has echoed the dynamics of its time, reflecting the concerns, interests, and passions of the people who have made this state their home. Echo of Its Time explores the court’s development, from its inception in 1867 through 1933, tracing the careers of its first four judges: Elmer Dundy, William Munger, Thomas Munger (no relation), and ... Read more

    $32.39 USD

  • Sandoz Studies, Volume 1

    Women in the Writings of Mari Sandoz

    Edited by Renée M. Laegreid, Shannon D. Smith ...
    Series series Sandoz Studies
    Mari Sandoz, born on Mirage Flats, south of Hay Springs, Nebraska, on May 11, 1896, was the eldest daughter of Swiss immigrants. She experienced firsthand the difficulties and pleasures of the family’s remote plains existence and early on developed a strong desire to write. Her keen eye for detail combined with meticulous research enabled her to become one of the most valued authorities of her ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

  • Native American Sovereignty

    Edited by John R. Wunder ...
    The essays included in this collection help define Native American sovereignty in today's world. They draw upon past legal experiences and project into the future. The collection begins with a brief definition of sovereignty, followed by a consideration of the most important documents that show the relationships between Native American nations and the U.S. government. They continue with a study of ... Read more

    $84.99 USD

  • Sandoz Studies, Volume 2

    Sandoz and the Battle of the Little Bighorn

    Edited by Renée M. Laegreid, Leisl Carr Childers, Margaret Huettl ...
    Series series Sandoz Studies
    Bronze Winner for the 2025 Will Rogers MedallionMari Sandoz’s The Battle of the Little Bighorn encouraged a change in how Americans viewed this infamous fight. By the mid-twentieth century a towering Custer myth had come to dominate the national psyche as a tale that confirmed national exceptionalism and continental destiny. Sandoz set out to dismantle this myth in an intimate account of the ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

  • Native American Cultural and Religious Freedoms

    Edited by John R. Wunder ...
    First Published in 2000. The fight to have the American legal system recognize Native American religions has taken many forms, from the confrontation over Indian usage of eagle feathers and the ingestion of peyote in religious ceremonies to the right of students to have traditional Indian hair styles while attending public schools. It was thought that the passage of the American Indian Religious ... Read more

    $77.99 USD

  • Trail Sisters

    Freedwomen in Indian Territory, 1850–1890

    by Linda Williams Reese ...
    Series series Plains Histories
    African American women enslaved by the Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Seminole, and Creek Nations led lives ranging from utter subjection to recognized kinship. Regardless of status, during Removal, they followed the Trail of Tears in the footsteps of their slaveholders, suffering the same life-threatening hardships and poverty.As if Removal to Indian Territory weren’t cataclysmic enough, the Civil ... Read more

    $9.95 USD

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  • The Legacy of Conquest

    The Unbroken Past of the American West

    by Patricia Nelson Limerick, Ph.D. ...
    "Limerick is one of the most engaging historians writing today." --Richard WhiteThe "settling" of the American West has been perceived throughout the world as a series of quaint, violent, and romantic adventures. But in fact, Patricia Nelson Limerick argues, the West has a history grounded primarily in economic reality; in hardheaded questions of profit, loss, competition, and consolidation. Here ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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  • Say We Are Nations

    Documents of Politics and Protest in Indigenous America since 1887

    by Daniel M. Cobb ...
    Series series H. Eugene and Lillian Youngs Lehman Series
    In this wide-ranging and carefully curated anthology, Daniel M. Cobb presents the words of Indigenous people who have shaped Native American rights movements from the late nineteenth century through the present day. Presenting essays, letters, interviews, speeches, government documents, and other testimony, Cobb shows how tribal leaders, intellectuals, and activists deployed a variety of protest ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • American Indians and the Law

    by N. Bruce Duthu ...
    A perfect introduction to a vital subject very few Americans understand-the constitutional status of American IndiansFew American s know that Indian tribes have a legal status unique among America's distinct racial and ethnic groups: they are sovereign governments who engage in relations with Congress. This peculiar arrangement has led to frequent legal and political disputes-indeed, the history ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

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  • This Indian Country

    American Indian Activists and the Place They Made

    by Frederick Hoxie ...
    Series series Penguin History American Life
    Frederick E. Hoxie, one of our most prominent and celebrated academic historians of Native American history, has for years asked his undergraduate students at the beginning of each semester to write down the names of three American Indians. Almost without exception, year after year, the names are Geronimo, Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse. The general conclusion is inescapable: Most Americans ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • The Nations Within

    The Past and Future of American Indian Sovereignity

    by Vine Deloria Jr. ...
    The message of The Nations Within is an urgent on, and should be read by anyone concerned with American Indian affairs today.“Those of us who try to understand what is happening in North American Indian communities have learned to see Vine Delora, Jr., both as an influential actor in the ongoing drama and also as its most knowledgeable interpreter. This new book on Indian self-rule is the most ... Read more

    $4.99 USD