Land Divided by Law: The Yakama Indian Nation as Environmental History, 1840-1933

by Barbara Leibhardt Wester

Book Overview

Wester's environmental history of Yakama and Euro-American cultural interactions during the 19th and early 20th century explores the role of law in both curtailing and promoting rights to subsistence resources within a market economy. Her study, using original source files, case histories, and contemporary writings, particularly describes how the struggle to assert treaty rights both sprang from and impacted the daily lives of the Yakama people.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1610271408
• ISBN13: 9781610271400
• Release Date: November 2014
• Publisher: Quid Pro, LLC
• Length: 302 Pages
• Weight: 0.89 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"