Coyote Warrior

by VanDevelder, Paul

• ISBN13: 9780803296312
• ISBN10: 0803296312
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-11-01
• Publisher: Bison Books

Summary

From White Shield to Washington DC, new Indian wars are being fought by Ivy League-trained lawyers called Coyote Warriors--among them a Mandan/Hidatsa named Raymond Cross.Coyote Warriortells the epic story of the three tribes that saved Lewis and Clark's Corps of Discovery from starvation, those tribes' century-long battle to forge a new nation, and the extraordinary journey of one man to redeem a father's dream and the dignity of his people. Cross graduated from law school and, following his father's death, returned home to resurrect his father's fight against the federal government. His mission would lead him to Congress, which his father had battled forty years earlier, and into the hallowed chambers of the U.S. Supreme Court. There the great-great-grandson of Chief Cherry Necklace would lay at the feet of the nation's highest court the case for the sanctity of the United States Constitution, treaty rights, and the legal survival of Indian Country.

Author Biography

Paul VanDevelder has been an investigative reporter, photojournalist, and documentary filmmaker for more than twenty years. His award-winning work has appeared in The New York Times, National Geographic Traveler, Audubon, Esquire, and the Seattle Times.

Table of Contents

Introduction	3	(6)
Heart of the World	9	(26)
Savages and Infidels	35	(22)
Miracle at Horse Creek	57	(22)
Great White Fathers	79	(28)
Hell and High Water	107	(32)
Leaving Elbowoods	139	(24)
Hitting Bottom On Top	163	(20)
Return of the Natives	183	(18)
The Last Train to Yuma	201	(24)
Into the Storm	225	(42)
APPENDICES
Appendix A: Indian Law: An Evolutionary Time Line	249	(6)
Appendix B: Elbowoods, North Dakota: Final Roll Call of Relocation and Dispossession---1953	255	(8)
Appendix C: 1851 Treaty of Fort Laramie (Horse Creek)	263	(4)
Notes	267	(28)
Bibliography	295	(16)
Acknowledgments	311	(2)
Index	313