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A law of bloodBook 1970 • Reid, John Phillip
Cherokee • North America > Eastern Woodlands
This is the first volume in a projected complete legal history of the Cherokee. It is concerned with the Cherokee system of law and government in the historic period prior to the 19th century. The subject coverage of this document is extensive, rangi...A Perilous ruleessay 1979 • Reid, John Phillip
Cherokee • North America > Eastern Woodlands
The primary focus of this study is on Cherokee law in relationship to homicide as it existed in the seventeenth century....