Treaties with American Indians: An Encyclopedia of Rights, Conflicts, and Sovereignty (3 volume set) | 
 enlarge | Creator: Donald Fixico
Publisher: ABC-CLIO
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 759692
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 958
Number Of Items: 3
Shipping Weight (lbs): 8.9
Dimensions (in): 11.3 x 8.9 x 3.7
ISBN: 1576078809
Dewey Decimal Number: 342.730872
EAN: 9781576078808
ASIN: 1576078809
Publication Date: December 12, 2007
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 A Reader's Critique August 3, 2008
Roland Ahr
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I have not read the 3 volume set yet except for the Introduction, Resources, Biobliography, and Index. These 4 headings can be found in every volume, i.e. a waste of about 200 pages. I sorely miss maps because treaties are mostly about ceding land which could be perfectly shown with maps. Furthermore, I miss some important treaties in the Primary Source Documents (e.g. Fort McIntosh, Hopewell, Fort Harmar, Greenville, Fort Laramie 1868). These would have needed about 100 pages more but we already saved 200 pages. There are some very grave mistakes and incredibly bad editing in the Resources section titled "Alternate Tribal Names and Spellings". As a starter: what do Aztec, Hohokam, Cora, Huichol, Lancandon, Mixtec, Tarahumara, Tequistlatecos, Toltec, Winik, Zapotec, and Yaqui have to do with U.S. and Canadian treaties? Moreover, Arapaho # Atsina = Gros Ventres); Delaware # Abnaki or Wampanoag; Gros Ventres # Hidatsa = Minitaree; Mohawk # Abenaki; Eskimo # Alutiiq = Aleut; Lumbee # Cheraw; Nanticoke # Unalachtgo = Delaware; Tututni # Tolowa; Yazoo # Chakchiuma. The editor (Fixico) and the press (ABC-CLIO) that claim to have made such a good book should employ somebody who knows at least something about the topic (my source: Carl Waldman's Atlas of The North American Indian). Since treaties are not exactly my strongest field of knowledge (I am simply very interested in Native Americans and read a book or two every once in a while), I will not be able to judge the text. I sure hope that there are NO mistakes there, and I can believe what has been written. As for the maps: I inquired the editor and the press about them some time ago, but - no surprise here - never got an answer. The interested layman shall pay USD 285 to ABC-CLIO (one can get it cheaper at Amazon) and shut his mouth, but no interested laymen/women means no more books to be sold (unless only university libraries are the target).
 Any serious Native American collection needs this reference. February 7, 2008
Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Any college-level holding strong in Native American history and culture needs the 3-volume reference Treaties With American Indians: it offers an encyclopedia of rights, conflicts and sovereignty and provides the first comprehensive introduction to the agreements pertaining to over 500 tribes of North America, including Alaska, Hawaii and Canada. More than just listings, this reference offers up extensive overviews of the treaties: their history, their contents, and their implications to tribal authority patterns. Any serious Native American collection needs this reference.
Diane C. Donovan
California Bookwatch
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