New from Yale University Press:
Hollow Justice: A History of Indigenous Claims in the United States (2013), by
David E. Wilkens (University of Minnesota). The Press describes the book as follows:
This book, the first of its kind, comprehensively explores Native
American claims against the United States government over the past two
centuries. Despite the federal government’s multiple attempts to redress
indigenous claims, a close examination reveals that even when
compensatory programs were instituted, Native peoples never attained a
genuine sense of justice. David E. Wilkins addresses the important
question of what one nation owes another when the balance of rights,
resources, and responsibilities have been negotiated through treaties.
How does the United States assure that guarantees made to tribal
nations, whether through a century old treaty or a modern day compact,
remain viable and lasting?
A few blurbs:
“There are a good number of books on the subject, but none provide
the scope that this one does. . . . I can surely see this becoming the
standard book to which people turn when wanting to know the story of
Indian claims.”—Christian McMillen, author of Making Indian Law: The Hualapai Land Case and the Birth of Ethnohistory
“A
highly readable and important study on the history of Native claims
against the United States. . . . To my knowledge, this is the first
sustained scholarly effort to link the acts of promise making and the
consequences of promise-breaking between the US and the tribal nations
with a close examination of the various institutional mechanisms
developed over time to resolve those claims.“—N. Bruce Duthu, author of American Indians and the Law
A preview is available
here.
