Record details

• ISBN: 9780810862357
• ISBN: 0810862352
• ISBN: 9780810862364
• ISBN: 0810862360
• Physical Description: xii, 635 pages ; 29 cm.
• Publisher: Lanham, MD : Scarecrow Press, �2009.

Content descriptions

General Note:

Includes indexes.

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Formatted Contents Note:

Overviews of law and sovereignty -- Twentieth-century sovereignty overviews -- tribally specific -- Treaties, land sales, and treaty rights -- nineteenth-century removal and resettlement -- Reservation policy : establishment, diminishment, and disestablishment -- land allotment and land consolidation -- Twentieth-century federal Indian Policy -- Indian New Deal -- Sovereign status, termination, and recognition -- Self-determination and tribal assumption of Federal programs -- Twentieth-century activists and reformers -- Trust status, guardianship, and trust funds -- Federal plenary power -- Tribal governance, constitutions, and leadership -- Tribal-state relations -- Sovereign immunity -- Tribal law and legal codes -- Tribal courts and dispute resolution -- Federal and state courts -- Marshall trilogy -- Federal-State-Tribal court relations -- Attorneys, legal aid, and law associations -- Law enforcement agencies -- Criminal justice and prisoners' rights -- Jurisdiction overviews and regulatory powers -- Criminal jurisdiction -- Land law and property rights -- Land claims and the Indian Claims Commissions -- Religious freedom -- Peyote and the native American Church -- Sacred sites protection -- Cultural items and ancestral remains -- Intellectual property, artists' protections, free speech, and mascots -- "Indian" identity, tribal enrollment, and U.S./State citizenship -- Voting and lobbying -- Civil rights legislation, litigation, and individual rights -- Racial discrimination, exclusion, and hiring preference -- Economic development and labor relations -- Agriculture and livestock -- Timber resources -- Water Law -- Fishing, whaling, hunting, and gathering -- Mineral and Oil Rights and environmental issues -- Environmental protection and natural resource management -- Gaming -- Taxation -- Family law and the Indian Child Welfare Act -- Poverty, housing, welfare, and other social services -- Health care : Twentieth-century policy and patient rights -- Education : Twentieth-century policy and lawsuits -- Alcohol, drugs, and tobacco regulation -- Urban and off-reservation populations -- Women's rights and issues -- Alaska natives -- International Law, borders, and comparative studies -- Special topics -- Bibliographies and research collections.

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Subject:

Sovereignty > Bibliography.
Indians of North America > Legal status, laws, etc. > Bibliography.
Indians of North America > Government relations > Bibliography.

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