A lawyer in Indian country a memoir /
Ziontz, Alvin J.
A lawyer in Indian country a memoir / [electronic resource] : Alvin J. Ziontz ; foreword by Charles Wilkinson. - Seattle : University of Washington Press, c2009. - xviii, 300 p., [16] p. of plates : ill.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-283) and index.
The road to Neah Bay -- The road to Neah Bay begins in Chicago -- The University of Chicago, the army, and Seattle -- Becoming a lawyer -- Seven years of lawyering in West Seattle -- Creating a law firm -- Indian fishing rights : joining the struggle -- The Makahs -- Recovering lost property : Ozette, Tatoosh, and Waadah -- The Lummi Tribe -- Indian fishing rights : eighty years of suppression, twenty years of confrontation -- The big bang : U.S. v. Washington begins -- U.S. v. Washington : the trial -- U.S. v. Washington : closing arguments and Judge Boldt's decision -- The U.S. Supreme Court has the last word : consequences of the Boldt decision -- The Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation -- The Northern Cheyennes fight strip-mining -- The Northern Cheyennes and the Hollowbreast case -- The Oliphant case : a setback for tribal government -- Writing about the Indian Civil Rights Act -- Leaving law for academia -- A firm of tribal attorneys -- Representing fishermen of the Alaska Peninsula -- The Mille Lacs Band of Chippewas -- The Wanda Boswell case -- The Northern Arapaho Tribe -- Photographing the Northern Cheyennes -- The Makah whale hunt -- A life in being.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
9780295800202 (electronic bk.)
Ziontz, Alvin J.
Lawyers--United States--Biography.
Indians of North America--Civil rights.
Indians of North America--Legal status, laws, etc.
Electronic books.
KF373.Z56 / A3 2009
A lawyer in Indian country a memoir / [electronic resource] : Alvin J. Ziontz ; foreword by Charles Wilkinson. - Seattle : University of Washington Press, c2009. - xviii, 300 p., [16] p. of plates : ill.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-283) and index.
The road to Neah Bay -- The road to Neah Bay begins in Chicago -- The University of Chicago, the army, and Seattle -- Becoming a lawyer -- Seven years of lawyering in West Seattle -- Creating a law firm -- Indian fishing rights : joining the struggle -- The Makahs -- Recovering lost property : Ozette, Tatoosh, and Waadah -- The Lummi Tribe -- Indian fishing rights : eighty years of suppression, twenty years of confrontation -- The big bang : U.S. v. Washington begins -- U.S. v. Washington : the trial -- U.S. v. Washington : closing arguments and Judge Boldt's decision -- The U.S. Supreme Court has the last word : consequences of the Boldt decision -- The Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation -- The Northern Cheyennes fight strip-mining -- The Northern Cheyennes and the Hollowbreast case -- The Oliphant case : a setback for tribal government -- Writing about the Indian Civil Rights Act -- Leaving law for academia -- A firm of tribal attorneys -- Representing fishermen of the Alaska Peninsula -- The Mille Lacs Band of Chippewas -- The Wanda Boswell case -- The Northern Arapaho Tribe -- Photographing the Northern Cheyennes -- The Makah whale hunt -- A life in being.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
9780295800202 (electronic bk.)
Ziontz, Alvin J.
Lawyers--United States--Biography.
Indians of North America--Civil rights.
Indians of North America--Legal status, laws, etc.
Electronic books.
KF373.Z56 / A3 2009