| Description |
xxviii, 186 pages ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-180) and index. |
| Contents |
A primer on cognitive theory -- Metaphorical experience and federal Indian law -- The conqueror model -- Colonizing the promised land -- The chosen people-promised land model -- The dominating mentality of Christendom -- Johnson v. M'Intosh -- Converting Christian discovery into heathen conquest -- The mental process of negation -- Christian nations theory : hidden in plain sight -- Conclusion: A sacred regard for all living things. |
| Summary |
An analysis of how religious bias shaped U.S. federal Indian law. |
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Pagans in the Promised Land provides a startling challenge to U.S. federal Indian law and policy. Using history and cognitive theory, Steven Newcomb demonstrates how U.S. government officials have used religious concepts of Christendom, often unconsciously, to justify the taking of Native American lands and to deny the original independence of Indian nations. He demonstrates that the landmark case Johnson v. M'Intosh is premised in part on the Old Testament narrative of the "chosen people" having a divine right to the "promised land," and how continued U.S. reliance on ancient religious distinctions between "Christians" and "heathens" violates the bedrock doctrine of separations of church and state. An important addition to Native American and legal scholarship, Pagans in the Promised Land makes a compelling case for the reversal of this conqueror-based doctrine, which continues to influence U.S. federal Indian law and policy to this day. |
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Indians of North America -- Legal status, laws, etc.
(OCoLC)fst00969825
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Federal Indian relationship.
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United States of America.
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Indians of North America -- Legal status, laws, etc.
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Indigenous peoples -- Legal status, laws, etc.
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Land tenure -- Law and legislation -- United States.
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Legal status.
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Laws -- American Indians.
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Indigenous land rights.
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Land tenure -- Law and legislation.
(OCoLC)fst00991383
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American Indians -- History.
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| Local Subject |
Indigenous peoples -- North America -- Legal status, laws, etc.
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Tribal sovereignty.
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Indigenous peoples.
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Indians.
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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Christianity.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Newcomb, Steven T. Pagans in the promised land. Golden, Colo. : Fulcrum Pub., ©2008 (OCoLC)631156347 |
| ISBN |
9781555916428 (paperback) |
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1555916422 (paperback) |
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