Zuni and the courts

Description:

Three decades ago - years after most tribes had filed land claims - the Zuni initiated legal battles related to aboriginal claims, rights, and use that few experts thought they could win. Yet by 1991 they had achieved three major victories. Providing a new overview of these cases and Zuni history, Richard Hart has gathered together essays written by many of those who testified for the Zuni - historians, archaeologists, anthropologists, and scientists - as well as commentary from the tribe's lawyers. The authors simplify the complex nature of the testimony, making it accessible to a wide audience.

subjects: Claims,  Land tenure,  Zuni Indians,  Indians of North America,  History,  Indians of north america, southwest, new,  Indians of north america, history,  Indians of north america, land tenure,  Indians of north america, claims