Coyote Warrior:One Man, Three Tribes, and the Trial That Forged a Nation

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From White Shield to Washington DC| new Indian wars are being fought by Ivy League-trained lawyers called “Coyote Warriors”–among them a Mandan/Hidatsa named Raymond Cross. “Coyote Warrior” tells the epic story of the three tribes that saved Lewis and Clark’s Corps of Discovery from starvation| their century-long battle to forge a new nation| and the extraordinary journey of one man to redeem a father’s dream–and the dignity of his people. Cross graduated from law school and| following his father’s death| returned home to resurrect his father’s fight against the federal government. His mission would lead him to Congress| which his father had battled forty years before| and into the hallowed chambers of the U.S. Supreme Court. There the great-great-grandson of Chief Cherry Necklace would lay at the feet of the nation’s highest court the case for the sanctity of the U.S. Constitution| treaty rights| and the legal survival of Indian Country.