Faith in Paper examines the reinstitution of Indian treaty rights in the upper Great Lakes region during the last quarter of the twentieth century, focusing on the treaties and legal cases that together have awakened a new day in Native American sovereignty and established the place of Indian tribes in the modern political landscape. The book discusses the development of Indian treaties in historic time and their social and legal context; specific treaties regarding hunting, fishing, and gathering rights as well as reservation issues; and the impact of treaty litigation on the modern Indian and non-Indian communities of the Great Lakes region. The book is both an important contribution to the scholarship of Indian legal matters and a rich resource for Indians themselves as they strive to retain or regain rights that have eroded over the years.
"Charles E. Cleland is arguably one of the most important figures in American archaeology in the latter third of the 20th century."
—John Robert Halsey, State Archaeologist, Michigan Historical Society
Praise for Place of the Pike
". . . if Michigan history, or more importantly, native American history in Michigan interests you, this is a keeper."
—Ludington Daily News
