Fire and the Spirits: Cherokee Law From Clan to Court
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Foreword, by Neill H. Alford, Jr. Page ix Preface xi I. The Cherokees: People of the Fire 3 II. Traditional Law Ways and the Spirit World 10 III. Changing Cherokee Conditions 40 IV. Stages in Development 53 V. Tribal Goals and Values in Cherokee Law 73 VI. Corpus of the Cherokee Written Laws 103 VII. Lawyers, Judges, and Sheriffs: Cherokee Courts in Operation 120 VIII. Cherokee Supreme Courts Apply Their Law, 18671898 158 IX. Criminal Punishment: A Case Study of Tribal Change 168 X. The End of Cherokee Law 175 XI. Survival of Traditional Cherokee Ways 183 Appendices 203 1. Cherokee Legal History: Chronology, 205 2. Summary of Early Laws of the Cherokees, 211 3. Cherokee Constitution 227 4. Jefferson to the Cherokee Deputies, January 9, 1809 237 Bibliography 239 Index 255
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