American Indian affairs are much in the public mind today--hotly
contested debates over such issues as Indian fishing rights, land
claims, and reservation gambling hold our attention. While the
unique legal status of American Indians rests on the historical
treaty relationship between Indian tribes and the federal
government, until now there has been no comprehensive history of
these treaties and their role in American life.
Francis Paul Prucha, a leading authority on the history of American
Indian affairs, argues that the treaties were a political anomaly
from the very beginning. The term "treaty" implies a contract
between sovereign independent nations, yet Indians were always in a
position of inequality and dependence as negotiators, a fact that
complicates their current attempts to regain their rights and
tribal sovereignty.
Prucha's impeccably researched book, based on a close analysis of
every treaty, makes possible a thorough understanding of a legal
dilemma whose legacy is so palpably felt today.
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