A Lawyer in Indian Country
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.35 (742 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0295989351 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 328 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-08-01 |
| Language | : | English |
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(The Oregon Quarterly) . A Lawyer in Indian Country is a must read for anyone interested in Native-white relations, Native rights, of Pacific Northwest history. Simply put, Ziontz provides a riveting account of struggle and success and goes beyond court documents and affidavits to reveal the people behind the cases, and the man behind the people. Ziontz infuses wit and humor into his narrative, yet the heartbreak and frustration surrounding Indian rights is palpable. (Pacific Northwest Quarterly)A Lawyer in Indian Country is a compelling legal and personal story… Readers will find this richly textured memoir an inspiring story, with the author deserving high praise for advancing the constitutional rights of American Indians
This book is revelatory! DiamondQueen A Lawyer in Indian Country - A Memoir, by Alvin J Ziontz, is much more than a memoir. This book is revelatory. The author, as a young attorney entering the life of a lawyer in Seattle in the mid `50's, found himself drawn into a David and Goliath battle that ultimately changed the status of Native Americans in the United States, and made critical law in the United States Supreme Court. While a similar battle was . "A book you will refer to again and again: "A Lawyer In Indian Country"" according to Rachael A. Levine. If you think "A Lawyer In Indian Country" A Memoir written by Alvin J. Ziontz, will join those not-read books on your bedside table, think again. You will become immersed in Al's dual stories; that of his own development as a tribal lawyer and those of the legal battles he and his firm fought to preserve not only tribal treaty rights but the very existence of these peoples. The page-turning stories can take you f. Great Book! Laurel C. Hoskins This is a fascinating and important book. During the past 40 years, more lawsuits seeking to enforce the rights of Indian tribes were filed than in the previous 200 years, and Al Ziontz was at the forefront of that effort. It's great to have access to his personal account, which explains many of the strategies, trials, and tribulations of those who began the modern era of defending tribal rights. I thoroughly enj
Washington, Ziontz was a party to the historic 1974 Boldt decision that affirmed the Pacific Northwest tribes' treaty fishing rights, with ramifications for tribal rights nationwide. A Lawyer in Indian Country is the story of a gifted attorney on the frontlines of Native legal reform who also brought great conscience to his work. His work took him to reservations in Montana, Wyoming, and Minnesota, as well as Washington and Alaska, and he describes not only the work of a tribal attorney but also his personal entry into the life of Indian country.Ziontz continued to fight for tribal rights into the late 1990s, as the Makah tribe of Washington sought to resume its traditional whale hunts. Throughout his book, Ziontz traces his own path through this public history - one man's pursuit of a life built around the principles of integrity and justice."An important and compelling story of one man's remarkable career representing Indian tribes during the golden age of the modern Indian rights movement." - Robert T. Richard West, Jr., Founding Director and Director Emeritus, National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution. v. He discusses the growth and maturation of tribal government and the underlying tensions between Indian society and the non-Indian world. As a Southern
He discusses the growth and maturation of tribal government and the underlying tensions between Indian society and the non-Indian world. . A Lawyer in Indian Country presents vignettes of reservation life and recounts some of the memorable legal cases that illustrate the challenges faced by individual Indians and tribes. Washington, Ziontz was a party to th