Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-234) and index.
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Series Editors' Introduction -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Foreground -- 2. Background -- 3. Upper Skagit Justice -- 4. The Stó:lo Nation -- 5. An Intertribal Justice Discussion -- 6. The South Island Justice Project -- 7. Conclusion -- Series Editors' Afterword -- References.
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For the indigenous peoples of North America, the history of colonialism has often meant a distortion of history, even, in some cases, a loss or distorted sense of their own native practices of justice. How contemporary native communities have dealt quite differently with this dilemma is the subject of The Problem of Justice, a richly textured ethnographic study of indigenous peoples struggling to reestablish control over justice in the face of conflicting external and internal pressures.
Problem of justice.
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Coast Salish Indians-- Legal status, laws, etc.-- British Columbia.
Coast Salish Indians-- Legal status, laws, etc.-- Washington (State)
Indians of North America-- Legal status, laws, etc.-- Northwest, Pacific.
Indians of North America-- Legal status, laws, etc.
SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Ethnic Studies-- Native American Studies.