How the Indians Lost Their Land

Law and Power on the Frontier

Stuart Banner

    Contents

    Introduction

    1. Native Proprietors

    2. Manhattan for Twenty-four Dollars

    3. From Contract to Treaty

    4. A Revolution in Land Policy

    5. From Ownership to Occupancy

    6. Removal

    7. Reservations

    8. Allotment

    Epilogue

    Notes

    Acknowledgments

    Index

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Stuart Banner is Professor of Law at University of California, Los Angeles.