Shapers of the Great Debate on Native Americans--Land, Spirit, and Power

BRUCE E. JOHANSEN is Robert T. Reilly Professor of Communication and Native American Studies at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. The author of 13 other books, he specializes in the influence of Native American political systems on U.S. political and legal institutions. His other books include Exemplar of Liberty (1991, with Donald A. Grinde, Jr.), Encyclopedia of Native American Legal Traditions (Greenwood, 1998) and The Encyclopedia of Native American Economic History (Greenwood, 1999).

• PrefaceIntroductionWho "Owns" the Wilderness? Roger Williams and Metacom (King Philip)Balance of Power and the Birth of the United States: Canassatego, Hendrick, Benjamin Franklin, and Red JacketAlliances to Preserve Land Base: Little Turtle, Tecumseh, William Henry Harrison, and Black HawkThe Cherokees, Exiles from Their Own Land: Andrew Jackson, John Ross, Sequoyah, and John MarshallRefugees in Their Own Land: Chief Joseph, Oliver O. Howard, Sitting Bull, George Armstrong Custer, Red Cloud, and Standing Bear (Ponca)Mother Earth or Mother Lode: Chief Sea'thl, Black Elk, and Luther Standing Bear"Kill the Indian, Save the Man": Helen Hunt Jackson, Richard Henry Pratt, and Other Participants in the Anglo-American Debate Regarding Native America's FutureLand Base and the Reclamation of Culture in the Twentieth Century: Felix Cohen, Vine Deloria, Jr., Oren Lyons, and Slade GortonAppendixBibliographyIndex