The Power of Promises: Rethinking Indian Treaties in the Pacific Northwest

by Alexandra Harmon

Book Overview

Treaties with Native American groups in the Pacific Northwest have had profound and long-lasting implications for land ownership, resource access, and political rights in both the United States and Canada. In The Power of Promises, a distinguished group of scholars, representing many disciplines, discuss the treaties' legacies.

In North America, where treaties have been employed hundreds of times to define relations between indigenous...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0295988398
• ISBN13: 9780295988399
• Release Date: December 2008
• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.9" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher