Notes from a Miner's Canary: Essays on the State of Native America

by Jace Weaver

The title of this lively collection of Jace Weaver's essays comes from Felix Cohen, the great authority on American Indian law: "The Indian plays much the same role in our American society that the Jews played in Germany. Like the miner's canary, the Indian marks the shift from fresh air to poisonous gas in our political atmosphere; and our treatment of Indians, even more than our treatment of other minorities, marks the rise and fall of our democratic...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826348742
• ISBN13: 9780826348746
• Release Date: August 2010
• Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 8.9"