Full Description
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.
Contents
Contents
Introduction
1. The Story of the 1836 Treaty of Washington
2. The Story of the 1855 Treaty of Detroit
3. The Story of the Dispossession of the Grand Traverse Band Land Base
4. The Story of the Federal Recognition of the Grand Traverse Band
5. The Story of the Grand Traverse Band's Treaty Rights Fight
6. The Story of the Development of Modern Tribal Law and Justice Systems
7. The Story of the Grand Traverse Band's Gaming Operations
Afterword: Carcieri v. Salazar and the Band's Future Land Base
Notes
Bibliography
Index
