In the Courts of the Conqueror examines ten Supreme Court cases that changed the fate of Native Americans, provides the contemporary historical/political context of each case, and explains how the decisions have adversely affected the cultural survival of Native people to this day. Among Mr. Echo-Hawk’s most important contributions to Native American rights was his involvement in the development and passage of The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), a Federal law passed in 1990. His other books include In the Light of Justice: The Rise of Human Rights in Native America & the UN Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples that explores the proposition that Native American rights are inalienable human rights and urges Indian Country to work toward the human rights framework created by the UN Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. His newest book, The Sea of Grass: A Family Tale from the American Heartland, is a historical novel in the manner of Alex Haley’s Roots, in which Echo-Hawk chronicles the lives and times of ten generations of his Pawnee Indian family in the Central Plains of America. Walter R. Echo-Hawk is a lawyer, tribal judge, scholar, author, and activist. His legal experience includes cases involving Native American religious freedom, prisoner rights, water rights, treaty rights, and reburial\repatriation rights. He is admitted to practice law before the United States Supreme Court, Colorado Supreme Court, Oklahoma Supreme Court, U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Eighth, Ninth, District of Columbia, and Tenth Circuits, and a host of federal District.

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