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Author Echo-Hawk, Walter R

Title In the Light of Justice : the Rise of Human Rights in Native America and the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Published Golden : Fulcrum Publishing, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (353 pages)
Contents Front Cover; Praise for in the Light of Justice; Title Page; Copyright; Table of Contents; Foreword by S. James Anaya; Preface and Acknowledgments; Part One : Understanding the Declaration; Chapter One; The Seeds of Change; Chapter Two; The Making of the Declaration; Chapter Three; Mounting the Big Horse; Chapter Four; Legal Status of the Declaration; Part Two: The Need for the Declaration; Chapter Five; The Legacy of Conquest; Chapter Six; Toward an American Land Ethic; Chapter Seven; How Does the Declaration Affect the Future of Indian Law?; Chapter Eight
Does United States Law and Policy Meet UN Standards?Part Three: Implementing the Declaration; Chapter Nine; March Toward Justice; Chapter Ten; In the Light of Justice; Appendix: United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples; Endnotes; Index; About the Author
Summary Walter R. Echo-Hawk offers a compelling rationale for a broad social movement to uplift indigenous rights using atonement principles
Notes Print version record
Subject United Nations. General Assembly. Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
SUBJECT Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (United Nations. General Assembly) fast
Subject Human rights -- United States
Indians of North America -- Legal status, laws, etc.
Human rights
Indians of North America -- Legal status, laws, etc.
United States
Form Electronic book
Author James, Anaya S
ISBN 9781938486074
1938486072