A Lawyer in Indian Country A Memoir

Abstract

Intro -- Contents -- Foreword by Charles Wilkinson -- Preface -- Acknowledgment -- 1. The Road to Neah Bay -- 2. The Road to Neah Bay Begins in Chicago -- 3. The University of Chicago, the Army, and Seattle -- 4. Becoming a Lawyer -- 5. Seven Years of Lawyering in West Seattle -- 6. Creating a Law Firm -- 7. Indian Fishing Rights: Joining the Struggle -- 8. The Makahs -- 9. Recovering Lost Property: Ozette, Tatoosh, and Waadah -- 10. The Lummi Tribe -- 11. Indian Fishing Rights: Eighty Years of Suppression, Twenty Years of Confrontation -- 12. The Big Bang: U.S. v. Washington Begins -- 13. U.S. v. Washington: The Trial -- 14. U.S. v. Washington: Closing Arguments and Judge Boldt's Decision -- 15. The U.S. Supreme Court Has the Last Word: Consequences of the Boldt Decision -- 16. The Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation -- 17. The Northern Cheyennes Fight Strip-Mining -- 18. The Northern Cheyennes and the Hollowbreast Case -- 19. The Oliphant Case: A Setback for Tribal Government -- 20. Writing about the Indian Civil Rights Act -- 21. Leaving Law for Academia -- 22. A Firm of Tribal Attorneys -- 23. Representing Fishermen of the Alaska Peninsula -- 24. The Mille Lacs Band of Chippewas -- 25. The Wanda Boswell Case -- 26. The Northern Arapaho Tribe -- 27. Photographing the Northern Cheyennes -- 28. The Makah Whale Hunt -- 29. A Life in Being -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- IndexDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, YYYY. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries