| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 300 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations |
| Contents |
The road to Neah Bay -- The road to Neah Bay begins in Chicago -- The University of Chicago, the army, and Seattle -- Becoming a lawyer -- Seven years of lawyering in West Seattle -- Creating a law firm -- Indian fishing rights : joining the struggle -- The Makahs -- Recovering lost property : Ozette, Tatoosh, and Waadah -- The Lummi Tribe -- Indian fishing rights : eighty years of suppression, twenty years of confrontation -- The big bang : U.S. v. Washington begins -- U.S. v. Washington : the trial -- U.S. v. Washington : closing arguments and Judge Boldt's decision -- The U.S. Supreme Court has the last word : consequences of the Boldt decision -- The Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation -- The Northern Cheyennes fight strip-mining -- The Northern Cheyennes and the Hollowbreast case -- The Oliphant case : a setback for tribal government -- Writing about the Indian Civil Rights Act -- Leaving law for academia -- A firm of tribal attorneys -- Representing fishermen of the Alaska Peninsula -- The Mille Lacs Band of Chippewas -- The Wanda Boswell case -- The Northern Arapaho Tribe -- Photographing the Northern Cheyennes -- The Makah whale hunt -- A life in being |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-283) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Ziontz, Alvin J.
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| SUBJECT |
Ziontz, Alvin J fast |
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Lawyers -- United States -- Biography
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Indians of North America -- Civil rights.
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Indians of North America -- Legal status, laws, etc.
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LAW -- Legal History.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Lawyers & Judges.
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Indians of North America -- Civil rights
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Indians of North America -- Legal status, laws, etc.
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Lawyers
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Rechtsanwalt
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Mandant
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United States
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USA
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Indianer.
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autobiographies (literary works)
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Autobiographies
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Biographies
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Autobiographies.
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Biographies.
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Autobiographies.
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Biographies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2021694452 |
| ISBN |
9780295800202 |
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0295800208 |
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