BOOKS
THAT

BOOKSTHAT / LIST NO. 9121

Books that
Teach About Treaties

Books that make treaties legible as living agreements, broken promises, and responsibilities that still matter.

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Cover of As Long as Grass Grows
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As Long as Grass Grows

Dina Gilio-Whitaker

Dina Gilio-Whitaker traces Indigenous environmental activism through struggles over land, treaty rights, food, water, and sacred sites.

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Cover of Watershed
04 / 10

Watershed

Percival Everett

A hydrologist’s fishing trip north of Denver draws him into a murder investigation, government secrets, and a dispute over Native American treaty rights.

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Cover of Conquest by Law
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Conquest by Law

Orpha and Maurice Merrill Professor of Law History and Native American Studies Lindsay G Robertson

“Robertson's study is based on rediscovered historical records that clearly reveal how greed for land and power instigated the Trail of Tears and similar tragedies.”

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