When Christopher Columbus first encountered the original inhabitants of the New World, he remarked they were “So tractable, so peaceable . . . that I swear . . . there is not in the world a better nation.” Yet wave after wave of European arrivals sought to wipe those nations from the earth. By what right did one race seize the land belonging to another and subjugate its people? Distinguished jurist and Native rights advocate Thomas Berger surveys the history of the Americas since their “discovery” by Europeans and examines how the colonizing powers wrestled with the moral issues. Accounts of the slaughter and disenfranchisement of indigenous peoples throughout North, Central, and South America reveal a searing pattern of almost unimaginable duplicity and inhumanity. Five centuries later, Native Americans still embrace ancient values and cultural ways. Berger recounts this tenacious struggle to defy the odds and re-emerge as distinct cultures.

A Long and Terrible Shadow: White Values, Native Rights in the Americas since 1492

History

Berger, Thomas R.

Americas

University of Washington Press

Tom Berger has broken new ground with his cases and created new openings for our laws to be applied in a more sane and humane fashion. In the twelve major cases featured in this compelling book, justice was won not just for the benefit of Berger's clients, but for each and every one of us. Berger may be best known for his championing of aboriginal rights, including early advocacy that laid the foundations for the precedent-setting Nisga'a Treaty, but as this book makes clear, he has made a comparable impact upon a panoply of other causes, often representing those whose rights are ignored or neglected by the status quo. All were seminal tests of natural justice: union workers pilloried for refusing to work on a bridge they feared unsafe; a senior civil servant wrongfully dismissed and slandered by a vengeful politician; a Quaker thwarted by the government in her attempts to prevent her tax dollars from being used for military purposes; a girl rendered brain damaged and quadriplegic by a botched hospital procedure; a woman bereft of any memory of her early life by medical experimentation carried out without her consent, and more.

One Man's Justice: A Life in the Law

Biographies & Memoirs

Professionals & Academics

Univ of Washington Pr

Fragile Freedoms: Human Rights and Dissent in Canada

Politics & Social Sciences

Politics & Government

Irwin Pub

Discusses the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act and describes the current life style of Alaskan Eskimos

Village Journey: The Report of the Alaska Native Review Commission

Hill & Wang Pub

In this compelling book, respected lawyer and Native rights advocate Thomas Berger surveys the history of the Americas since their "discovery" by Christopher Columbus in 1492. His accounts of the slaughter and disenfranchisement of indigenous people throughout North, Central and South American reveal a searing pattern of almost unimaginable duplicity and inhumanity. But as A Long and Terrible Shadow makes clear, Native peoples have defied the odds, waging a tenacious struggle to survive and to re-emerge as distinct cultures. As Native Voices demand action and Native land claims take their rightful place on the political agenda, this book provides a focus for crucial debate.

A long and terrible shadow: White values, native rights in the Americas, 1492-1992

Social Sciences

Douglas&McIntyre

The record of the proceedings of a public inquiry into the role of the Arctic in international peace and security. Contributors from a broad range of backgrounds present issues on the Arctic's future. Questions discussed include "What alternatives do we have?" and "What can we do as individuals?"

The Arctic: Choices for Peace and Security : Proceedings of a Public Meeting

Roche, Douglas

Military

Gordon Soules Book Pub

FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION. 1992 University of Washington Press trade paperback, Thomas R. Berger (Canada and the Métis, 1869-1885). When Christopher Columbus first encountered the original inhabitants of the New World, he remarked they were "So tractable, so peaceable . . . that I swear . . . there is not in the world a better nation." Yet wave after wave of European arrivals sought to wipe those nations from the earth. - Amazon

A Long and Terrible Shadow

Douglas & McIntyre, Limited

About the Author\nThomas Berger is a British Columbia lawyer specializing in civil liberties, constitutional law and Native rights. He is recognized internationally for his work in the areas of human rights and jurisdictional justice for the world's northern peoples. His books include Northern Frontier, Northern Homeland and Village Journey.\nThe Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act passed by Congress in 1971, hailed at the time as the most liberal settlement ever achieved with Native Americans, granted 44 million acres and nearly $1 billion in cash to a new entity -- Native corporations. When this book was published in 1985, that settlement was bitterly resented by the Alaska Natives themselves. Thomas R. Berger, invited by the Inuit Circumpolar Conference to head the Alaska Native Review Commission, traveled to sixty-two villages and towns, held village meetings and listened to testimony from Inuit, Aboriginal peoples, and Aleuts. His report, Village Journey, suggests changes in the law and public attitudes that will be required to reach a fair accommodation with the Alaska Natives and enable them to keep their land for themselves and for their descendants. 
The author's new Preface deals with problems still facing Alaska Natives and their corporations. 
This is a new release of the book published in May 1995.

Village Journey P

One of Canada's best known lawyers and the author of three books on freedom, human rights, and native rights recalls the two stages of his career as a lawyer. He passed the British Columbia bar in 1957, left the profession in 1960 to pursue politics all the way to a seat on the province's Supreme Court, then returned to practice again in 1985. The CiP shows the ISBN as 0-295-98276-4. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Douglas & McIntyre, Ltd

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A Long and Terrible Shadow: White Values, Native Rights in the Americas since 1492

One Man's Justice: A Life in the Law

Fragile Freedoms: Human Rights and Dissent in Canada

Fragile Freedoms: Human Rights and Dissent in Canada

Village Journey: The Report of the Alaska Native Review Commission

A long and terrible shadow: White values, native rights in the Americas, 1492-1992

The Arctic: Choices for Peace and Security : Proceedings of a Public Meeting

A Long and Terrible Shadow

Village Journey P

One Man's Justice: A Life in the Law