In the Light of Justice - The Rise of Human Rights in Native America and the Un Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

Walter R. Echo-Hawk offers a compelling rationale for a broad social movement to uplift indigenous rights using atonement principles.

About the author

Walter R. Echo-Hawk (Pawnee) is of counsel to the Crowe & Dunlevy law firm of Oklahoma and adjunct Professor of Law at the University of Tulsa College of law. As a staff attorney for the NativAmerican Rights Fund for thirty-five years, he respresented tribes and Native Americans on significant legal issues during the modern era of federal Indian law. In addition to litigation, he worked on major legislation such as the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, and federal religious freedom legislation. He is a prolific writer whose books include In The Courts of the Conqueror: The 10 Worst Indian Law Cases Ever Decided and the award winning Battlefields and Burial Grounds.

Product details

• Authors: Walter R Echo-Hawk, Walter R. Echo-Hawk, Anaya S James, Anaya S. James, Anaya S. James
• Publisher: Fulcrum Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.07.2013
• EAN: 9781555916633
• ISBN: 978-1-55591-663-3
• No. of pages: 352
• Dimensions: 151 mm x 228 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 485 g
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Internationale Beziehungen, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Intergovernmental Organizations, Ethnic Issues, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / Native American Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Cultural Policy