Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-323) and index.
Contents:
"The acts of forgetfulness" : Indigenous women's legal history in archives and tribal offices throughout the North American West. Lucía Martínez and the "putative father" : Arizona, 1854-1900 -- Nora Jewell "in family way" : Washington, 1854-1910 -- Juana Walker's "legal right as a half-breed" : Arizona, 1864-1916 -- Rebecca Lena Graham and "the old question of common law marriage raised by a half-breed" : Washington, 1859-1946 -- Dinah Hood, "the state is supreme" : Arizona, 1863-1935 -- Louisa Enick, "hemmed in on all sides" : Washington, 1855-1935 -- "The acts of forgetfulness" : Indigenous women's legal history in archives and tribal offices throughout the North American West.
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