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001 2009010167
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020 $a9780295989358 (hardback : alk. paper)
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050 00 $aKF373.Z56$bA3 2009
082 00 $a340.092$aB$222
100 1 $aZiontz, Alvin J.
245 12 $aA lawyer in Indian country :$ba memoir /$cAlvin J. Ziontz ; foreword by Charles Wilkinson.
260 $aSeattle :$bUniversity of Washington Press,$cc2009.
263 $a0907
300 $ap. cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references.
505 0 $aThe road to Neah Bay -- The road to Neah Bay begins in Chicago -- The University of Chicago, the army, and Seattle -- Becoming a lawyer -- Seven years of lawyering in West Seattle -- Creating a law firm -- Indian fishing rights : joining the struggle -- The Makahs -- Recovering lost property : Ozette, Tatoosh, and Waadah -- The Lummi Tribe -- Indian fishing rights : eighty years of suppression, twenty years of confrontation -- The big bang : U.S. v. Washington begins -- U.S. v. Washington : the trial -- U.S. v. Washington : closing arguments and judge Boldt's decision -- The U.S. Supreme Court has the last word : consequences of the Boldt decision -- The Confederate Tribes of the Colville Reservation -- The Northern Cheyennes fight strip-mining -- The Northern Cheyennes and the Hollowbreast case -- The Oliphant case : a setback for tribal government -- Writing about the Indian Civil Rights Act -- Leaving law for academia -- A firm of tribal attorneys -- Representing fishermen of the Alaska Peninsula -- The Mille Lacs Band of Chippewas -- The Wanda Boswell case -- The Northern Arapaho Tribe -- Photographing the Northern Cheyennes -- The Makah whale hunt -- A life in being.
600 10 $aZiontz, Alvin J.
650 0 $aLawyers$zUnited States$vBiography.
650 0 $aIndians of North America$xCivil rights.
650 0 $aIndians of North America$xLegal status, laws, etc.