| Pagans in the Promised Land: Decoding the Doctrine of Christian Discovery Contributor(s): Newcomb, Steven (Author) |
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ISBN: 1555916422 ISBN-13: 9781555916428 Publisher: Chicago Review Press - Fulcrum OUR PRICE: $18.95 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2008 Annotation: Pagans in the Promised Land makes a unique challenge to U.S. federal Indian law and policy, attacking the presumption that American Indian nations are legitimately subject to the plenary power of the United States. Steve Newcomb puts forth a startling theory that U.S. federal Indian law and policy are premised on Old Testament narratives of the chosen people and the promised land, as exemplified in the 1823 Supreme Court ruling Johnson v. McIntosh, that the first "Christian people" to "discover" lands inhabited by "natives, who were heathens," have an ultimate title to and dominion over these lands and peoples. This important addition to legal scholarship asserts there is no separation of church and state in the United States, so long as U.S. federal Indian law and policy are premised on the ancient religious distinctions between "Christians" and "heathens." |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Law | Indigenous Peoples - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - Native American Studies |
| Dewey: 346.730 |
| LCCN: 2007039833 |
| Physical Information: 0.59" H x 6.35" W x 8.78" (0.71 lbs) 216 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Native American |
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| Publisher Description: Pagans in the Promised Land provides a unique, well-researched challenge to U.S. federal Indian law and policy. It attacks the presumption that American Indian nations are legitimately subject to the plenary power of the United States. |