Historian Frederick E. Hoxie documents the more than two hundred years of Native American political activism in the U.S. and its efforts, in courtrooms and campaigns, to bridge the distance between indigenous cultures and the American republic through legal and political debate.--From publisher description.

"First published in the United States of America by The Penguin Press, a member of Penguin Group (USA), Inc., 2012"--Title page verso

Erased from the map -- The first Indian lawyer : James McDonald, Choctaw -- The mountaintop principality of San Marino : William Potter Ross, Cherokee -- The Winnemucca rules : Sarah Winnemucca, Paiute -- The U.S. Court of Claims : the Mille Lacs Ojibwes -- The good citizenship gun : Thomas Sloan, Omaha -- Three Indians who didn't live at Taos : Robert Yellowtail, Crow; Alice Jemison, Seneca; and D'Arcy McNickle, Salish -- Indian American or American Indian? : Vine Deloria, Jr., Sioux -- Afterword: This Indian country.