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Native American sovereignty on trial : a handbook with cases, laws, and documents / Bryan H. Wildenthal.

Wildenthal, Bryan H. (Author).

Record details

ISBN: 1576076245 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN: 9781576076248 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Physical Description: xvi, 359 pages ; 24 cm.
Publisher: Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, c2003.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 325-337) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Pt. I. Introduction -- Historical background -- Cases -- Impact and legacy -- Pt. II. Documents. Laying the foundation: Chief Justice Marshall and the Cherokee Cases. Treaty of Hopewell between the United States and the Cherokee Nation (1785) ; Cherokee Nation v. Georgia (1831) ; Worcester v. Georgia (1832) ; Indian treaty rights. Lone Wolf v. Hitchcock (1903) ; United States v. Sioux Nation (1980) ; Minnesota v. Mille Lacs Band of Chippewa Indians (1999) ; Tribal criminal jurisdiction. Oliphant v. Suquamish Indian Tribe (1978) ; Duro v. Reina (1990) ; Treaty of Fort Sumner between the United States and the Navajo Nation (1868) ; Means v. Chinle District Court (1999) -- Tribal civil jurisdiction. Williams v. Lee (1959) ; Montana v. United States (1981) ; Nevada v. Hicks (2001) ; Tribal gambling. California v. Cabazon Band of Mission Indians (1987) ; Hotel Employees Union v. Davis (1999) ; Gaming compact between the State of California and California Indian tribes (2000) ; Key people, laws, and concepts ; Chronology.