This book centers on the wars American Indians fought to counter the theft of Indian copper and lead in the Great Lakes region and gold and silver in the Pacific Northwest, the Black Hills, the Great Plains and the Southwest by the invasive flood of white settlers and military forces.

U.S. General Pope in 1878 stated that it was absolutely imperative that Indian Nations realize the United States’ premeditated and calculated determination to dispossess the “savage” and occupy his lands and that “it is certain that the larger part of the country claimed by him will, in some manner, pass into the possession of the white race.” The insatiable drive for a continental empire resulted in the iron triangle of the federal government, the military and big business working in concert to steal Indian mineral lands. They knowingly and willfully unleashed the pioneer vigilantes to commandeer Indian resources. The Commissioner of Indian Affairs J.Q. Smith wrote in 1876: “Wherever an Indian reservation has on it good land, or timber, or minerals, the cupidity of the white man is excited, and a constant struggle is inaugurated to dispossess the Indian, in which the avarice and determination of the white man usually prevails.” “Every art, trick, and device of the unscrupulous land pirate is resorted to,” admonished Colonel Preston. Yet it was brutal warfare, massacres, disease, and starvation that decimated Indian populations, leaving them destitute, to be replaced by industrial tycoons, timber barons, mineral magnates, and capital investors profiting from the “savages’” minerals in the bowels of the Earth.

The author, a citizen of the Navajo Nation, is an attorney and historian. She holds BA, MBA and JD degrees from the University of Denver and is a lecturer on Indian law related to policy, land, water and natural resources. She is committed to Indian sovereignty, ending assimilation policies and promoting accurate education. She is also the author of The Earth is Red: The Imperialism of the Doctrine of Discovery; The Eclipse of the Sun: The Need for American Indian Curriculum in High Schools; The Iron Triangle: Business, Government, and Colonial Settlers’ Dispossession of Indian Timberlands and Timber; Warrior Societies: A Manifesto; and Social Contributions of Colorado’s American Indian Leaders For the Seven Generations to Come, all from Sunstone Press.

Website: https://rcarolharvey.com/

Hardcover:
6 x 9
ISBN: 978-1-63293-629-5
776 pp.,$52.95

Softcover:
6 x 9
ISBN: 978-1-63293-633-2
766 pp.,$44.95

eBook:
ISBN: 978-1-61139-731-4
776 pp.,$5.99

Indigenous tribes' survival in Colorado was threatened by the discovery of gold, squatters' lust for farming and ranching land and a push for the removal of all Indians.

In 1998, Colorado state lawmakers mandated that American Indian history and culture be included in the curriculum of high schools in Colorado, based on the persistent efforts of Comanche State Senator Suzanne Williams. In 2003, they broadened the law mandating that in order to graduate students must satisfactorily complete a civil government course which includes the history, culture and social contributions of American Indians and other groups. Colorado Revised Statute 22-1-104. This book on Colorado’s American Indian history based on primary sources is intended to help Colorado fulfill this educational mandate.

The author, a citizen of the Navajo Nation, is an attorney and historian. She holds BA, MBA and JD degrees from the University of Denver and is a lecturer on Indian law related to policy, land, water and natural resources. She is committed to Indian self-determination, ending assimilation policies and promoting accurate education. She is also the author of The Earth Is Red: The Imperialism of the Doctrine of Discovery; The Eclipse of the Sun: The Need for American Indian Curriculum in High Schools; The Iron Triangle: Business, Government, and Colonial Settlers’ Dispossession of Indian Timberlands and Timber; All that Glitters Is Ours; The Theft of Indian Mineral Resources; Social Contributions of Colorado’s American Indian Leaders for the Seven Generations to Come and Warrior Societies, A Manifesto, all from Sunstone Press.

Website: https://rcarolharvey.com/

Hardcover:
6 x 9
ISBN: 978-1-63293-672-1
142 pp.,$32.95

Softcover:
6 x 9
ISBN: 978-1-63293-671-4
142 pp.,$22.95

eBook:
ISBN: 978-1-61139-744-4
142 pp.,$4.99

In 1890, Commissioner of Indian Affairs J.P. Morgan pronounced the settled citizenship policy of the federal government. It didn’t simply involve citizenship but a series of actions changing the Indian way of life. He stated: “It has become the settled policy of the Government to break up reservations, destroy tribal relations, settle Indians upon their own homesteads, incorporate them into the national life, and deal with them not as nations or tribes or bands, but as individual citizens. The American Indian is to become the Indian American.” It was formulated on the destruction of Indian culture, language, religion and customs and expropriation of their lands and natural resources. Through fear, uncertainty, starvation, disease, and death, Indians were made to question their ability to survive. The process destroyed their cohesiveness and their ability to counter white settlers’ encroaching and settling on their lands. Since its ratification in 1924, the Indian Citizenship Act has perpetuated this destructive set of policies.

The author, a citizen of the Navajo Nation, is an attorney and historian. She holds BA, MBA and JD degrees from the University of Denver and is a lecturer on Indian law related to policy, land, water and natural resources. She is committed to Indian nations’ sovereignty, ending assimilation policies and promoting accurate education. Awards: 2024 University of Denver College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences (“CAHSS”) Lifetime Achievement Alumni Award; University of Denver Distinguished Alumni. She is also the author of The Earth Is Red: The Imperialism of the Doctrine of Discovery; The Eclipse of the Sun: The Need for American Indian Curriculum in High Schools; The Iron Triangle: Business, Government, and Colonial Settlers’ Dispossession of Indian Timberlands and Timber; All that Glitters Is Ours: The Theft of Indian Mineral Resources; Social Contributions of Colorado’s American Indian Leaders for the Seven Generations to Come; Warrior Societies, A Manifesto; A Brief Colorado Indian History of the 1800s Through A Factual Lens and Colorado American Indian Civics, all from Sunstone Press.

Website: https://rcarolharvey.com/

Hardcover:
6 x 9
ISBN: 978-1-63293-770-4
618 pp.,$49.95

Softcover:
6 x 9
ISBN: 978-1-63293-769-8
618 pp.,$39.95

eBook:
ISBN: 978-1-61139-787-1
618 pp.,$9.99

This book on Colorado’s American Indian civics is intended to help Colorado fulfill an educational mandate.

In 1998, Colorado state lawmakers mandated that American Indian history and culture be included in the curriculum of high schools in Colorado, based on the persistent efforts of Comanche State Senator Suzanne Williams. In 2003, they broadened the law mandating that in order to graduate students must satisfactorily complete a civil government course which includes the history, culture and social contributions of American Indians and other groups. Colorado Revised Statute 22-1-104. This book on Colorado’s American Indian civics is intended to help Colorado fulfill this educational mandate.

The author, a citizen of the Navajo Nation, is an attorney and historian. She holds BA, MBA and JD degrees from the University of Denver and is a lecturer on Indian law related to policy, land, water and natural resources. She is committed to Indian nations’ sovereignty, ending assimilation policies and promoting accurate education. Awards: 2024 University of Denver College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences (“CAHSS”) Lifetime Achievement Alumni Award; University of Denver Distinguished Alumni. She is also the author of The Earth Is Red: The Imperialism of the Doctrine of Discovery; The Eclipse of the Sun: The Need for American Indian Curriculum in High Schools; The Iron Triangle: Business, Government, and Colonial Settlers’ Dispossession of Indian Timberlands and Timber; All that Glitters Is Ours: The Theft of Indian Mineral Resources; Social Contributions of Colorado’s American Indian Leaders for the Seven Generations to Come; Warrior Societies, A Manifesto; and A Brief Colorado Indian History of the 1800s, Through A Factual Lens, all from Sunstone Press.

Website: https://rcarolharvey.com/

Hardcover:
6 x 9
ISBN: 978-1-63293-733-9
342 pp.,$38.95

Softcover:
6 x 9
ISBN: 978-1-63293-732-2
342 pp.,$28.95

eBook:
ISBN: 978-1-61139-757-4
342 pp.,$14.99

Historical and legal analysis of doctrine of discovery and how it facilitated the loss of indigenous lives, land, game and valuable natural resources.

In 1823, United States Supreme Court Chief Justice John Marshall, based on his analysis of custom, not precedential law, proclaimed the “Doctrine of Discovery” as the supreme law of the land in the case, Johnson v. M’Intosh. This “doctrine” held that whichever European nation first “discovered” land, then not ruled by a Christian prince or people, could claim ownership. From President Washington on it was a foregone conclusion that America’s legacy was a continental empire. Indigenous people in this New World, as it was called, were a mere obstacle to be eliminated or moved out of the way of colonial settlers in their westward expansion from coast to coast.

The Johnson case followed Chief Justice Marshall’s earlier opinion in 1810 that states owned all of the land within their boundaries, regardless of whether it was inhabited by indigenous peoples. It led the southern states to sell indigenous land, pass legislation incorporating it into their counties and abrogate indigenous national sovereignty. The federal government faced the real threat of these southern states seceding from the union if their land-grabbing was thwarted. Transforming indigenous peoples to tenants on their land made it easier to breach solemn treaties the government had entered into with sovereign polities. It made it possible to acquire millions and millions of acres of land.

What followed was the loss of indigenous lives, land, game and valuable natural resources, along with the federal government imposing brutal economic sanctions and destructive assimilation policies. Thus, the United States acquired an empire at fire sale, rock-bottom prices, or without compensation at all, facilitated by Chief Justice Marshall’s decisions in two heinous, feigned cases.

The author, a citizen of the Navajo Nation, is an attorney and historian. She holds BA, MBA and JD degrees from the University of Denver. She is a lecturer on Indian law related to policy, land, water and natural resources. She is committed to Indian self-determination, ending assimilation policies and accurate education of our youth.

Website: https://rcarolharvey.com/

Hardcover:
ISBN: 978-1-63293-405-5
492 pp.,$45.00

Softcover:
6 x 9
ISBN: 978-1-63293-358-4
492 pp.,$28.95

eBook:
ISBN: 978-1-61139-637-9
492 pp.,$5.99

American Indian students’ right to have their history, culture and social contributions included in high school civics studies is contrary to one state’s law and the arguments made in this book are rooted in a sacred commitment to protect Indian children.

In 1998, Colorado state lawmakers mandated that American Indian history and culture be included in the curriculum of high schools in Colorado, based on the persistent efforts of Comanche State Senator Suzanne Williams. In 2003, they broadened the law mandating that in order to graduate students must satisfactorily complete a civil government course which includes the history, culture and social contributions of Indians and other groups. Yet tens of thousands of students graduate each year in the state without learning any of the information that is mandated in that single state graduation requirement. The U.S. Civil Rights Commission noted in 2018 that the “lack of appropriate cultural awareness in school curriculum focusing on Native American history or culture” can (1) be harmful to American Indian students; (2) contribute to a negative learning environment; (3) be isolating and limiting; (4) trigger bullying; and (5) result in negative stereotypes across the board. In Colorado, 81% of American Indian students don’t meet state math benchmarks, 85% don’t meet state science benchmarks, and 70% don’t meet state English language benchmarks. Colorado’s continuing neglect of Indian students by excluding anything Indian from their education is harmful. The state is denying Indian students’ rights to see themselves in their education, which is necessary to ensure their academic success. The arguments made in this book are rooted in a sacred commitment to protect Indian children.

The author, a citizen of the Navajo Nation, is an attorney and historian. She holds BA, MBA and JD degrees from the University of Denver and is a lecturer on Indian law related to policy, land, water and natural resources. She is committed to Indian self-determination, ending assimilation policies and promoting accurate education. She is also the author of The Earth is Red, The Imperialism of the Doctrine of Discoveryand The Iron Triangle from Sunstone Press.

Website: https://rcarolharvey.com/

Hardcover:
6 x 9
ISBN: 978-1-63293-483-3
190 pp.,$34.95

Softcover:
6 x 9
ISBN: 978-1-63293-395-9
190 pp.,$22.95

eBook:
ISBN: 978-1-61139-685-0
190 pp.,$5.99

How American Indians were cheated out of the inherent wealth of their land and timber, at times exterminated for it, by greedy settlers, bribed federal agents, land sharks, lumber barons and a derelict federal trustee who failed to protect its guardians’ rights.

This book on timberland and timber resources is part of a series on the dispossession of Indian natural resources by the “iron triangle” of the federal government, big business and colonial settlers. The primary period covered in this book is 1840–1900. The areas focused on include the Great Lakes and the Pacific Northwest. Congress acknowledged that from “...the beginning, Federal policy toward the Indian was based on the desire to dispossess him of his land.” Under the United States’ dictatorial “doctrine of discovery,” Indians were mere tenants on their land, with no right to the natural resources. The trajectory was clear: removal, cession of millions of acres of land, interment on reservations, allotment of tribal land to individuals to break up tribes, and the sale of those allotments. Disease, starvation, extermination, massacres, private wars and war crimes ensued. This opened the “inexhaustible mineral, agricultural and natural resources within their dominion” for white exploitation. Congressional legislation opened the land of the west for $1.25 per acre or at times for free, without buying Indian land, just to get settlers’ boots-on-the-ground. Land sharks, in collusion with federal agents, cheated Indians out of their land and timber. Big business used its political and economic clout to assure its control of the country’s natural wealth. Lumber barons monopolized the timber industry and set prices. By 1920, three-fifths of the United States’ original timber was gone. Indians served as menial laborers for logging companies, cutting timber and peeling bark. “Scalped” of the wealth inherent in their natural resources, they were left destitute. This book is for them. The author, a citizen of the Navajo Nation, is an attorney and historian. She holds BA, MBA and JD degrees from the University of Denver and is a lecturer on Indian law related to policy, land, water and natural resources. She is committed to Indian self-determination, ending assimilation policies and promoting accurate education. She is also the author of The Earth is Red: The Imperialism of the Doctrine of Discovery and The Eclipse of the Sun: The Need for American Indian Curriculum in High Schools from Sunstone Press.

Website: https://rcarolharvey.com/

Hardcover:
48.95
ISBN: 978-1-63293-625-7
560 pp.,$6 x 9

Softcover:
6 x 9
ISBN: 978-1-63293-442-0
560 pp.,$36.95

eBook:
ISBN: 978-1-61139-691-1
560 pp.,$5.99

Colorado’s America Indian leaders contributing to the historic, social, economic and cultural fabric of the state and nation include the Chairmen of Colorado’s two federally recognized tribes, a U.S. State Senator, a Colorado State Senator, one of the most influential lawyers in the country, bankers, financial advisors, entrepreneurs, educators, writers, veterans, community and civil rights advocates, and artists.

In 1998, Colorado state lawmakers mandated that American Indian history and culture be included in the curriculum of high schools in Colorado, based on the persistent efforts of Comanche State Senator Suzanne Williams. In 2003, they broadened the law mandating that in order to graduate students must satisfactorily complete a civil government course which includes the history, culture and social contributions of American Indians and other groups, Colorado Revised Statute § 22-1-104. Yet tens of thousands of students graduate each year in the state without taking the single course Colorado requires to earn a high-school diploma. It is simply not offered. This book on Colorado’s American Indian leaders is intended to help Colorado fulfill this educational mandate.

The author, a Citizen of the Navajo Nation, is an attorney and historian. She holds BA, MBA and JD degrees from the University of Denver and is a lecturer on Indian law related to policy, land, water and natural resources. She is committed to Indian self-determination, ending assimilation policies and promoting accurate education. She is also the author of The Earth is Red: The Imperialism of the Doctrine of Discovery; The Eclipse of the Sun: The Need for American Indian Curriculum in High Schools; The Iron Triangle, Business, Government, and Colonial Settlers’ Dispossession of Indian Timberlands and Timber; All that Glitters Is Ours, The Theft of Indian Mineral Resources; and Warrior Societies, A Manifesto, all from Sunstone Press.

Website: https://rcarolharvey.com/

Hardcover:
6 x 9
ISBN: 978-1-63293-630-1
160 pp.,$36.95

Softcover:
6 x 9
ISBN: 978-1-63293-626-4
160 pp.,$26.95

The American Indian Probate Act was enacted in 2004 and became effective in 2006. The Act applies to all individually owned trust lands, unless a tribe has its own probate code. State laws no longer apply. Its purposes include preserving the trust status of Indian lands by restricting non-Indian inheritance, reducing fractionation by earmarking federal funds for consolidation, and authorizing Indian co-owner and tribal purchase and sale of ownership interests. The Bureau of Indian Affairs estimated that heading into fiscal year 2024, it had a probate case backlog of more than 32,000 cases. Its ability to prepare cases for probate is limited due to understaffing and underfunding. In 2022–2023, the Interior Board of Indian Appeals docketed 31 Indian probate cases and reached the merits only four times. It dismissed most of those cases for procedural errors, for problems with service and missed deadlines, or for failure to prosecute. To families struggling to put bread on the table, the cost of legal counsel is simply out of reach. The digital divide in Indian Country only makes communication more difficult, if not, impossible, for the geographically isolated, disabled and elderly who may lack transportation in rural areas, telephones or postal service. This book is to sound an alarm.

The author, a citizen of the Navajo Nation, is an attorney and historian. She holds BA, MBA and JD degrees from the University of Denver and is a lecturer on Indian law related to policy, land, water and natural resources. She is also the author of The Earth Is Red: The Imperialism of the Doctrine of Discovery; The Eclipse of the Sun: The Need for American Indian Curriculum in High Schools; The Iron Triangle: Business, Government, and Colonial Settlers’ Dispossession of Indian Timberlands and Timber; All that Glitters Is Ours: The Theft of Indian Mineral Resources; Social Contributions of Colorado’s American Indian Leaders for the Seven Generations to Come; Warrior Societies, A Manifesto; and A Brief Colorado Indian History of the 1800s, Through A Factual Lens, all from Sunstone Press.

Website: https://rcarolharvey.com/

Hardcover:
6 x 9
ISBN: 978-1-63293-683-7
146 pp.,$32.95

Softcover:
6 x 9
ISBN: 978-1-63293-682-0
146 pp.,$22.95

In the past, American Indian War Societies possessed the highest moral obligation and duty for the continued survival of Indian peoples and their strong and vibrant future; given our current state of war, they need to be revived.

In the past, American Indian War Societies were tasked with ensuring their peoples’ survival during times of conflict and war. It is time that these disciplined, War Societies be revived to protect our Indian Nations’ sovereignty over their lands, resources, and peoples and our urban population. We need the physical and mental strength, the confident and resolute conviction, the education and connection to our Indian identities, the leadership and protection of our Warrior Class. Our War Societies must possess and act upon the highest moral obligation and duty for the continued survival of Indian peoples and their strong and vibrant future.

The author, a citizen of the Navajo Nation, is an attorney and historian. She holds BA, MBA and JD degrees from the University of Denver and is a lecturer on Indian law related to policy, land, water and natural resources. She is committed to Indian sovereignty, ending assimilation policies and promoting accurate education. She is also the author of The Earth is Red: The Imperialism of the Doctrine of Discovery; The Eclipse of the Sun: The Need for American Indian Curriculum in High Schools; The Iron Triangle: Business, Government, and Colonial Settlers’ Dispossession of Indian Timberlands and Timber; All that Glitters Is Ours: The Theft of Indian Mineral Resources and Social Contributions of Colorado’s American Indian Leaders, all from Sunstone Press.

Website: https://rcarolharvey.com/

Hardcover:
6 x 9
ISBN: 978-1-63293-651-6
90 pp.,$29.95

Softcover:
6 x 9
ISBN: 978-1-63293-652-3
90 pp.,$19.95

eBook:
ISBN: 978-1-61139-733-8
90 pp.,$4.99