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Fire and the spirits : Cherokee law from clan to court / by Rennard Strickland ; foreword by Neill H. Alford, Jr.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Civilization of the American Indian series ; v. 133.Publication details: Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [1975]Edition: 1st edDescription: xx, 260 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 0806112271
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 340/.09766
LOC classification:
  • KF8228.C505 S7
Contents:
The Cherokees: people of the fire -- Traditional law ways and the spirit world -- Changing Cherokee conditions -- Stages in development -- Tribal goals and values in Cherokee law -- Corpus of the Cherokee written laws -- Lawyers, judges, and sheriffs: Cherokee courts in operation -- Cherokee Supreme Courts apply their law, 1867-1898 -- Criminal punishment: a case study of tribal change -- The end of Cherokee law -- Survival of traditional Cherokee ways -- Cherokee legal history: chronology, 1540-1907 -- Summary of early laws of the Cherokees, 1818-1829 -- Cherokee constitution -- Jefferson to the Cherokee deputies, January 9, 1809.
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Books (30-Day Checkout) Books (30-Day Checkout) Nash Library General Stacks KF8228.C505S7 1 Available 33710000316468

Includes index.

Bibliography: p. 239-254.

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The Cherokees: people of the fire -- Traditional law ways and the spirit world -- Changing Cherokee conditions -- Stages in development -- Tribal goals and values in Cherokee law -- Corpus of the Cherokee written laws -- Lawyers, judges, and sheriffs: Cherokee courts in operation -- Cherokee Supreme Courts apply their law, 1867-1898 -- Criminal punishment: a case study of tribal change -- The end of Cherokee law -- Survival of traditional Cherokee ways -- Cherokee legal history: chronology, 1540-1907 -- Summary of early laws of the Cherokees, 1818-1829 -- Cherokee constitution -- Jefferson to the Cherokee deputies, January 9, 1809.