| Author | Title | Citation | Summary | Year |
| Moani Crowell , Gregory K. Schlais |
Winner, Best Appellate Brief in the 2008 Native American Law Student Association Moot Court Competition |
33 American Indian Law Review 311 (2008-2009) |
I. Is the Appellee, a non-member and non-Indian of the Sandy Spring Band of Pomona Indians, subject to tribal jurisdiction? II. Does the Sandy Spring Band of Pomona Indians have authority, express or apparent, over the Appellee, pursuant to zoning laws and regulations established by the tribe? The district court's decision to grant permanent... |
2009 |
| Amelia V. Katanski |
Writing the Living Law: American Indian Literature as Legal Narrative |
33 American Indian Law Review 53 (2008-2009) |
Crow Creek Sioux novelist and critic Elizabeth Cook-Lynn has argued that the most important question literary critics can ask of native literature is: What role does American Indian literature play in today's struggles to defend and clarify tribal sovereignty? Likewise, the important recent study American Indian Literary Nationalism begins with the... |
2009 |
| Uma Narayan |
26th Annual Course in International Law Librarianship: Global Challenges & the Indian Legal |
36 International Journal of Legal Information xv (Summer, 2008) |
What follows is a brief overview of the 26 Annual Course of the International Association of Law Libraries, the first of its kind to be held in India. The academic sessions of the conference were held between December 2, 2007 and December 4, 2007. The first lecture was delivered by the Honorable Mr. Justice B.N. Srikrishna, Former Judge, Supreme... |
2008 |
| Casey Douma |
40th Anniversary of the Indian Civil Rights Act: Finding a Way Back to Indigenous Justice |
55-APR Federal Lawyer 34 (March/April, 2008) |
Fear, superstition, and myth can lead to a path of disenlightenment and stunt the growth of a society that chooses not to accept change. Today, there are still many myths, superstitions, and fears of Native Americans and their strange ways. Can Native people, who, according to some, have such mysterious customs, be trusted to administer justice... |
2008 |
| Courtney Eagan-Smith |
A House with No Walls: the Federal Government's Role in Indian Housing |
44 Tulsa Law Review 447 (Winter 2008) |
Imagine what it would be like if you lived in a house with no walls. Imagine that you live in a one room house with as many as 17 other people. Your house was built in the 1960s and has long outlived its purpose, but that is all there is. Not only has it outlived its usefulness, at one point in time it was abandoned due to deterioration, but you... |
2008 |
| Sean M. Hanlon |
A Non-indian Entity Is Polluting Indian Waters: "Water" Your Rights to the Waters, and "Water" Ya Gonna Do about It? |
69 Montana Law Review 173 (Winter 2008) |
The permanent loss of [a natural resource] irreparably [tears] at the balance of the world. We refer to the earth and sky as Mother Earth and Father Sky. These are not catchy titles; they represent our understanding of our place. The earth and sky are our relatives. Nature communicates with us through the wind and the water and the whispering... |
2008 |
| Professor Barbara Ann Atwood |
Achieving Permanency for American Indian and Alaska Native Children: Lessons from Tribal Traditions |
37 Capital University Law Review 239 (Winter 2008) |
One of the many challenges facing the American child welfare system is the need for practices that are responsive to the unique cultural needs of the children who are placed in foster care. The goal of achieving permanent, stable placements for children in the child welfare system is an over-arching objective, but permanency is a chameleon term... |
2008 |
| Professor Barbara Ann Atwood |
ACHIEVING PERMANENCY FOR AMERICAN INDIAN AND ALASKA NATIVE CHILDREN: LESSONS FROM TRIBAL TRADITIONS |
37 Capital University Law Review 239 (Winter 2008) |
One of the many challenges facing the American child welfare system is the need for practices that are responsive to the unique cultural needs of the children who are placed in foster care. The goal of achieving permanent, stable placements for children in the child welfare system is an over-arching objective, but permanency is a chameleon term... |
2008 |
| Judith T. Younger |
Across Curricular Boundaries: Searching for a Confluence Between Marital Agreements and Indian Land Transactions |
26 Law & Inequality: A Journal of Theory and Practice 495 (Summer 2008) |
We begin today with Socrates. Socrates will lead us inexorably, though unwittingly, into a curricular experiment. The experiment, in turn, will take us across continents and centuries. It will go on for about forty-five minutes--no more, I promise. The experiment will end with a true, and I think, funny, story. Of course, there will be a moral.... |
2008 |
| Philip P. Frickey |
ADDRESS AT UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS CONFERENCE ON TRIBAL LAW AND INSTITUTIONS, FEBRUARY 2, 2008 TRIBAL LAW, TRIBAL CONTEXT, AND THE FEDERAL COURTS |
18-FALL Kansas Journal of Law & Public Policy 24 (Fall 2008) |
It is an honor to be asked to speak here today, before such a distinguished gathering of tribal leaders, scholars, lawyers, and law students. It is a bit of a homecoming, actually. I grew up in Kansas and graduated from KU with a degree in political science, in what seems like just a few years ago. It is very nice to be back. Let me begin by... |
2008 |
| Robert J. Miller |
American Indian Entrepreneurs: Unique Challenges, Unlimited Potential |
40 Arizona State Law Journal 1297 (Winter 2008) |
Creating economic development and activity in Indian country is an absolutely crucial issue today. In fact, it is probably the most important modern day political, social, and financial concern that Indian nations and Indian people face. Tribal governments and Indians need to create jobs and economic activity on their reservations for tribal... |
2008 |
| Robert D. Cooter , Wolfgang Fikentscher |
American Indian Law Codes: Pragmatic Law and Tribal Identity |
56 American Journal of Comparative Law 29 (Winter 2008) |
The United States has recognized the power of American Indian tribes to make laws at least since 1934. Most tribes, however, did not write down many of their laws until the 1960s. Written laws have subsequently accumulated in well-organized codes, but scholars have not previously researched them. Using written materials and interviews with tribal... |
2008 |
| Kevin K. Washburn |
American Indians Crime and the Law: Five Years of Scholarship on Criminal Justice in Indian Country |
40 Arizona State Law Journal 1003 (Fall 2008) |
It is a tremendous honor to serve as the inaugural William C. Canby, Jr., Scholar in Residence. I must begin by talking about the man that this post was created to honor. Judge Canby was a law professor on the Arizona State faculty when, in 1980, he was appointed by President Jimmy Carter to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Among... |
2008 |
| Sarah Krakoff |
American Indians, Climate Change, and Ethics for a Warming World |
85 Denver University Law Review 865 (2008) |
Developing a sense of ourselves that would properly balance history and nature and space and time is a more difficult task than we would suspect and involves a radical reevaluation of the way we look at the world around us. Do we continue to exploit the earth or do we preserve it and preserve life? Whether we are prepared to embark on a painful... |
2008 |
| Elizabeth Loeb |
As "Every Schoolboy Knows": Gender, Land, and Native Title in the United States |
32 New York University Review of Law and Social Change 253 (2008) |
This article begins with an obvious but necessary premise: the U.S. state has historically produced itself as sovereign over a specific territorial mass through the violent conquest and continuing occupation of lands to which Native Americans also lay and have laid sovereign claim. At its core, this article seeks to ask how a Liberal conception of... |
2008 |
| Jenna Gruenstein |
Australia's Northern Territory National Emergency Response Act: Addressing Indigenous and Non-indigenous Inequities at the Expense of International Human Rights? |
17 Pacific Rim Law & Policy Journal 467 (March, 2008) |
In 2007, Australia passed the Northern Territory National Emergency Response Act (NT Emergency Response Act), ostensibly reacting to a recent report detailing exceedingly high levels of sexual abuse of Aboriginal children. This Comment argues that the NT Emergency Response Act likely violates Australia's obligations under the United... |
2008 |
| D. Kapua‘ala Sproat |
Avoiding Trouble in Paradise |
18-DEC Business Law Today 29 (November/December, 2008) |
Whether you are a Kanaka Maoli (Native Hawaiian) whose ancestors have inhabited these islands since time immemorial or a first-time visitor, it doesn't take long to understand that things in Hawaii are unique. The law is no exception. The sooner one understands Hawaii's indigenous culture and legal framework, the easier things are--especially for... |
2008 |
| Eric Dannenmaier |
Beyond Indigenous Property Rights: Exploring the Emergence of a Distinctive Connection Doctrine |
86 Washington University Law Review 53 (2008) |
Human rights law has begun to offer normative protection for what remains of indigenous lands. Yet territory now better defended from conquest and encroachment is increasingly threatened by their byproducts. Water scarcity, food security, waste deposition, climate change--in short, the multiple impacts of industrial development--pose a new... |
2008 |
| Gary Goldsmith |
Big Spenders in State Elections--has Financial Participation by Indian Tribes Defined the Limits of Tribal Sovereign Immunity from Suit? |
34 William Mitchell Law Review 659 (2008) |
I. Introduction. 659 II. John Marshall and the Supreme Court Establish the Roots of the Doctrine of Indian Tribal Sovereignty. 663 III. The Promises of Indian Treaties are Weakened as a Basis for Tribal Sovereignty. 669 IV. States Efforts to Exert Their Jurisdiction Over Tribal Lands and Members. 673 V. The Regulatory Cases Provide Opportunities... |
2008 |
| Gary Goldsmith |
BIG SPENDERS IN STATE ELECTIONS--HAS FINANCIAL PARTICIPATION BY INDIAN TRIBES DEFINED THE LIMITS OF TRIBAL SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY FROM SUIT? |
34 William Mitchell Law Review 659 (2008) |
I. Introduction. 659 II. John Marshall and the Supreme Court Establish the Roots of the Doctrine of Indian Tribal Sovereignty. 663 III. The Promises of Indian Treaties are Weakened as a Basis for Tribal Sovereignty. 669 IV. States Efforts to Exert Their Jurisdiction Over Tribal Lands and Members. 673 V. The Regulatory Cases Provide Opportunities... |
2008 |
| Prabha Kotiswaran |
Born unto Brothels--toward a Legal Ethnography of Sex Work in an Indian Red-light Area |
33 Law and Social Inquiry 579 (Summer, 2008) |
The global sex panic around sex work and trafficking has fostered prostitution law reform worldwide. While the normative status of sex work remains deeply contested, abolitionists and sex work advocates alike display an unwavering faith in the power of criminal law; for abolitionists, strictly enforced criminal laws can eliminate sex markets,... |
2008 |
| Eric C. Chaffee |
Business Organizations and Tribal Self-determination: a Critical Reexamination of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act |
25 Alaska Law Review 107 (June, 2008) |
In 1971, Congress enacted the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. This Act required that Native American groups in Alaska form corporations to receive property and money to settle their claims to the land and resources of the state. The Act represents an unprecedented experiment in Native American law. Because the Act required that Alaska Natives... |
2008 |
| by Margaret Robison Kantlehner |
Carcieri et Al. |
36 No.2 Preview of United States Supreme Court Cases 130 (11/3/2008) |
The Indian Reorganization Act authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to acquire lands for Indians, and defines that term to include all persons of Indian descent who are members of any recognized Indian tribe now under Federal jurisdiction. Now the Court has agreed to consider whether the Act authorizes the Secretary to take land into trust... |
2008 |
| Emily Bucher |
Civil Procedure: Narrowed Lens, Clearer Focus: Considering the Use of De Novo Review in Indian Child Welfare Proceedings--in re Welfare of Child of T.t.b. |
34 William Mitchell Law Review 1429 (2008) |
I. Introduction. 1429 II. History. 1432 A. The Indian Child Welfare Act. 1433 B. Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians v. Holyfield. 1436 C. Considering Minnesota. 1438 D. The Dangers of Good Cause . 1440 E. 1442 III. In re Welfare of Child of T.T.B.. 1442 IV. Analysis. 1447 V. Subsequent Developments: Evidence of Applied Interpretive... |
2008 |
| Karim M. Tiro |
Claims Arising: the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin and the Indian Claims Commission, 1951-1982 |
32 American Indian Law Review 509 (2007-2008) |
The Oneida Indian Nation of Wisconsin is one of three Oneida tribes today whose members trace their descent to the Oneida tribe that existed in present-day New York State when the first Europeans arrived, and constituted one of the Five (later Six) Nations of the Iroquois League. The Wisconsin Oneidas were a party to multiple claims before the... |
2008 |
| Michael L. Connolly |
Commercial Scale Wind Industry on the Campo Indian Reservation |
23-SUM Natural Resources & Environment 25 (Summer, 2008) |
Many Indian reservations have substantial potential for wind power development. Unfortunately, the current legal framework that provides incentives for the development of utility scale wind power projects does not work very well for Indian tribal governments. As sovereigns, tribal governments are not taxable entities under federal law, and so the... |
2008 |
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Conference Transcript: the New Realism: the next Generation of Scholarship in Federal Indian Law |
32 American Indian Law Review Rev. 1 (2007-2008) |
MS. HICKS: My name is Sarah Hicks. I am Alutiiq from Kodiak, Alaska, enrolled in the Native Village of Ouzinkie, a community of about 200 people. I have been working for the National Congress of American Indians for about the last eight years. For the last two years, I have had the pleasure of serving as the Director of our new Policy Research... |
2008 |
| Timothy J. Droske |
Correcting Native American Sentencing Disparity Post-booker |
91 Marquette Law Review 723 (Spring 2008) |
In South Dakota, a defendant convicted of assault in state court receives an average sentence of twenty-nine months. However, if a Native American defendant were to commit that same offense within one of the Indian reservations in South Dakota, the defendant would be prosecuted in federal court and receive an average sentence of forty-seven months.... |
2008 |
| Hallie Bongar White , Kelly Gaines Stoner , The Honorable James G. White |
Creative Civil Remedies Against Non-indian Offenders in Indian Country |
44 Tulsa Law Review 427 (Winter 2008) |
Indian women suffer the highest rates of domestic violence, stalking, and sexual assault of any population in the United States. The majority of perpetrators of these crimes are non-Indian males. Paradoxically, tribal courts may not currently exercise criminal jurisdiction over non-Indians who commit these crimes in Indian Country. The mantle of... |
2008 |
| Leonardo A. Crippa |
Cross-cutting Issues in the Application of the Guatemalan "Nepa": Environmental Impact Assessment and the Rights of Indigenous Peoples |
24 American University International Law Review 103 (2008) |
INTRODUCTION. 104 I. COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE U.S. NEPA AND THE EQUIVALENT GUATEMALAN LEGISLATION. 107 A. An Overview of the Guatemalan Law for Environmental Assessment, Control and Follow-up (LEACF). 108 1. Environmental Impact Assessment. 110 2. The Requirement of Public Participation Under Guatemalan Law. 112 B. The Requirement of an... |
2008 |
| Ezekiel J.N. Fletcher |
DE FACTO JUDICIAL PREEMPTION OF TRIBAL LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT LAW |
2008 Michigan State Law Review 435 (Summer, 2008) |
C1-3Table of Contents I. Introduction--Conflicting Federal Common Law Approaches to Federal Statutes of General Applicability. 436 II. Overview of Federal Labor and Employment Laws and the Current Application of Such Laws to Indian Tribes. 440 A. Federal Statutes Containing Express Exemptions for Indian Tribes. 441 1. Title VII of the Civil Rights... |
2008 |
| Gabriel S. Galanda, Anthony S. Broadman |
Deal or No Deal? |
18-DEC Business Law Today 11 (November/December, 2008) |
If you do deals, sooner or later you will find yourself in Indian Country. The numbers are staggering: tribes generate over $25 billion in revenue from gaming alone and are diversifying their economic activity through entrepreneurial inroads as varied as manufacturing, agriculture, real estate development, telecommunications, and banking. But... |
2008 |
| S. Radhakrishnan |
Development of Human Rights in an Indian Context |
36 International Journal of Legal Information 303 (Summer, 2008) |
Albert Einstein, in an Address in Chicago observed: [t]he existence and validity of human rights are not written in the stars. The ideals concerning the conduct of men towards each other and the desirable structure of the community have been conceived and taught by enlightened individuals in the course of history. Those ideals and convictions which... |
2008 |
| Donald M. Goldberg, Tracy Badua |
Do People Have Standing? Indigenous Peoples, Global Warming, and Human Rights |
11 Barry Law Review 59 (Fall, 2008) |
Several years ago, author Christopher Stone wrote a book called Do Trees Have Standing? that has become a staple of environmental scholarship. As policymakers look for new solutions in combating climate change, increasing attention is being paid to the role of forests and the indigenous peoples that live in them. While forests provide numerous... |
2008 |
| Thomas Weathers |
Encouraging Business with Indian Tribes |
18-DEC Business Law Today 17 (November/December, 2008) |
Indian tribes occupy a unique status under our law. They are domestic dependent nations that exercise inherent sovereign authority over their members and their lands similar to that of states and foreign governments. They have the power to make their own substantive law on internal matters and to enforce that law in their own forums. They are, in... |
2008 |
| Jason Krause |
Fear of the 'Native' |
94-JAN ABA Journal 59 (January, 2008) |
The last thing anyone wanted was to make responding to e-discovery demands more difficult. Changes to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, introduced at the end of 2006, were supposed to make life easier for litigants compelled to produce electronic documents. But some businesses hit with preservation orders are finding they are actually saving... |
2008 |
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Federal Indian Law |
35 No.8 Preview of United States Supreme Court Cases 411 (8/11/2008) |
Does a tribal court have jurisdiction to hear a discrimination claim concerning the sale of non-Indian fee land by a non-Indian entity to non-Indians? No. The Court cited Montana v. United States, which established the general rule that Indian tribes lack authority over nonmembers, except in two special circumstances, which came to be known as the... |
2008 |
| Alexa Koenig , Jonathan Stein |
Federalism and the State Recognition of Native American Tribes: a Survey of State-recognized Tribes and State Recognition Processes Across the United States |
48 Santa Clara Law Review 79 (2008) |
The territory that comprises the state of Virginia has been home to Native Americans for hundreds--if not thousands--of years. Documentary and other evidence establishes that Indians were present in the area long before the building of the Jamestown colony. American lore and numerous historic records tell the tale of Pocahontas, a Native American... |
2008 |
| Alexa Koenig , Jonathan Stein |
FEDERALISM AND THE STATE RECOGNITION OF NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBES: A SURVEY OF STATE-RECOGNIZED TRIBES AND STATE RECOGNITION PROCESSES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES |
48 Santa Clara Law Review 79 (2008) |
The territory that comprises the state of Virginia has been home to Native Americans for hundreds--if not thousands--of years. Documentary and other evidence establishes that Indians were present in the area long before the building of the Jamestown colony. American lore and numerous historic records tell the tale of Pocahontas, a Native American... |
2008 |
| Angelique EagleWoman (Wambdi A. WasteWin) |
Fencing off the Eagle and the Condor, Border Politics, and Indigenous Peoples |
23-FALL Natural Resources & Environment 33 (Fall, 2008) |
Fencing as a way of asserting territorial rights is a practice that has been carried over from Europe. In North America prior to European settlements, there was not a fence to be found. With the formation of the United States, Canada, and Mexico, the free-flowing trade and travel north and south from the Yukon to the Amazon has been severely... |
2008 |
| Carrie E. Garrow |
Following Deskaheh's Legacy: Reclaiming the Cayuga Indian Nation's Land Rights at the Inter-american Commission on Human Rights |
35 Syracuse Journal of International Law and Commerce 341 (Spring 2008) |
Deskaheh, Chief of the Younger Bear Clan of the Cayuga Nation in the 1920s, prepared the path for international recognition of Haudenosaunee (People of the Longhouse) sovereignty and human rights. An eloquent orator and resolute leader, he spent many years advocating for international recognition of Haudenosaunee sovereignty and treaty violations... |
2008 |
| Swati Deva |
Foreign Venture Capital Investment: the Indian Experience |
42 International Lawyer 177 (Spring 2008) |
Venture capital investment has become one of the most rapidly growing investment modes in India. The contributing factors to this growth are the recent economic and legal changes. The Indian government has provided operational and functional autonomy to institutions while at the same time closely monitoring them. Though there are several rules and... |
2008 |
| Alex Tallchief Skibine |
Formalism and Judicial Supremacy in Federal Indian Law |
32 American Indian Law Review 391 (2007-2008) |
There is no question that in the last thirty years, the Supreme Court has presided over an unprecedented assault on the sovereignty of Indian tribes. At the same time, the Court has allowed a substantial increase of state jurisdiction inside Indian reservations. Scholars have explained this result by pointing out that the Court has abandoned the... |
2008 |
| Jacqueline P. Hand |
Global Climate Change: a Serious Threat to Native American Lands and Culture |
38 Environmental Law Reporter News & Analysis 10329 (May, 2008) |
Editors' Summary: During the past decade, public perception of global climate change has transformed from a gloom and doom scenario not to be taken seriously to a nearly universally recognized peril to the planet. Native Americans, especially those in the Arctic region, experience changes in climate with greater immediacy than the general... |
2008 |
| Shiraz Rustomjee |
Global Environmental Law and India |
36 International Journal of Legal Information 342 (Summer, 2008) |
I. International Environmental Law II. Indian Environmental Statue-law and policy III. Indian Environmental Jurisprudence - the role of the Supreme Court IV. Global Warming and Climate Change V. Problems and Future Challenges The nature of, and need for, International Environmental Law Milestones in International Environmental Law India's... |
2008 |
| Ronald M. Walters |
Goodbye to Good Bird: Considering the Use of Contact Agreements to Settle Contested Adoptions Arising under the Indian Child Welfare Act |
6 University of Saint Thomas Law Journal 270 (Fall 2008) |
After two years of heated litigation, settling Christian Good Bird's contested adoption outside of the courtroom must have relieved his biological mother, tribe and adoptive parents, but the decision almost certainly generated feelings of uncertainty about what long-term effects the compromise would have on Christian as well. Indeed, Christian's... |
2008 |
| Rebecca A. Hart , M. Alexander Lowther |
Honoring Sovereignty: Aiding Tribal Efforts to Protect Native American Women from Domestic Violence |
96 California Law Review 185 (February, 2008) |
Each year more than 4 million women are the victims of domestic violence at the hands of their partners--this is an epidemic from which Native American women are not immune. The obstacles to leaving an abusive relationship are numerous: women often need medical help, may lack the financial resources to support themselves and their families, and... |
2008 |
| Rebecca A. Hart , M. Alexander Lowther |
HONORING SOVEREIGNTY: AIDING TRIBAL EFFORTS TO PROTECT NATIVE AMERICAN WOMEN FROM DOMESTIC VIOLENCE |
96 California Law Review 185 (February, 2008) |
Each year more than 4 million women are the victims of domestic violence at the hands of their partners--this is an epidemic from which Native American women are not immune. The obstacles to leaving an abusive relationship are numerous: women often need medical help, may lack the financial resources to support themselves and their families, and... |
2008 |
| Ian Botnick |
Honoring Trademarks: the Battle to Preserve Native American Imagery in the National Collegiate Athletic Association |
7 John Marshall Review of Intellectual Property Law 735 (Summer, 2008) |
On August 5, 2005, the National Collegiate Athletic Association introducted its plan to end the use of Native American mascots, nicknames and imagery. Schools were required to change their offensive nicknames and mascots and were forced to stop using trademarks bearing Native American imagery. The NCAA ban presents the question of whether schools... |
2008 |
| Bryan H. Wildenthal |
How the Ninth Circuit Overruled a Century of Supreme Court Indian Jurisprudence--and Has So Far Gotten Away with it |
2008 Michigan State Law Review 547 (Summer, 2008) |
C1-2Table of Contents Introduction. 548 I. The Unbearable Oddness of Coeur d'Alene. 550 II. The Remarkable Influence of Coeur d'Alene. 552 A. The Circuits Following Coeur d'Alene. 552 B. The Tenth Circuit and the Puzzle of San Juan. 555 C. The Cohen and Canby Treatises. 569 III. The Demonstrable Error of Coeur d'Alene. 572 A. Misusing Tuscarora.... |
2008 |