Sovereignty and Land Rights of Indigenous Peoples in the United States

by Wayne Edwards

This book presents a comparative study of the land settlements and sovereign arrangements between the US government and the three major aggregated groups of indigenous peoples-American Indians, Native Alaskans, and Native Hawaiians-whose land rights claims have resulted in very different outcomes. It shows that the outcomes of their sovereign claims were different, though their bases were similar. While the US government insists that it is committed...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1137593997
• ISBN13: 9781137593993
• Release Date: September 2020
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 204 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.3"