The problem of justice tradition and law in the Coast Salish world

Miller, Bruce Granville 1951- (Author).

Summary: For the indigenous peoples of North America, the history of colonialism has often meant a distortion of history, even, in some cases, a loss or distorted sense of their own native practices of justice. How contemporary native communities have dealt quite differently with this dilemma is the subject of The Problem of Justice, a richly textured ethnographic study of indigenous peoples struggling to reestablish control over justice in the face of conflicting external and internal pressures.

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ISBN: 9781280374128
ISBN: 1280374128
ISBN: 9780803201941 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 080320194X (electronic bk.)
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 240 pages) : illustrations.
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Publisher: Lincoln [Neb.] : University of Nebraska Press, ©2001.

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General Note:	CatMonthString:jan.13 Multi-User Multi-User. OldControl:muse9780803201941 CatBulkString:jan.03.13
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-234) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Series Editors' Introduction -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Foreground -- 2. Background -- 3. Upper Skagit Justice -- 4. The Stó:lo Nation -- 5. An Intertribal Justice Discussion -- 6. The South Island Justice Project -- 7. Conclusion -- Series Editors' Afterword -- References.
Source of Description Note:	Description based on print version record.