| Author | Title | Citation | Summary | Year |
| Irina Dykhne |
Persuasive or Deceptive? Native Advertising in Political Campaigns |
91 Southern California Law Review 339 (January, 2018) |
C1-2TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION. 340 I. CAMPAIGN FINANCE DISCLOSURE. 342 A. Buckley v. VALEO AND THE Supreme Court's Disclosure Framework. 342 B. The Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002 and Disclosure Post-Buckley. 346 C. Citizens United v.-FEC. 347 II. EMPIRICAL STUDIES MEASURE THE BENEFITS OF DISCLOSURE. 350 A. The Effectiveness of... |
2018 |
| Claudia Azzam |
PIERCING THE TRIBAL VEIL: TRIBAL SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY IN THE ANOMALOUS CONTEXT OF THE PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY |
20 Rutgers Race & the Law Review 39 (2018) |
The pharmaceutical giant, Allergan, recently transferred ownership of its patents covering its blockbuster eye medication for Restasis to a Native American tribe. Allergan did so in an attempt to use the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe's sovereign immunity to shield its patents from inter partes review, an administrative proceeding conducted by the Patent... |
2018 |
| James D. Diamond |
Practicing Indian Law in Federal, State, and Tribal Criminal Courts: an Update about Recent Expansion of Criminal Jurisdiction over non-indians |
32-WTR Criminal Justice Just. 8 (Winter, 2018) |
as a result of changes in federal law, criminal defense attorneys are more likely to find themselves or their clients appearing in American Indian tribal courts. This article summarizes the very knotty jurisdictional maze that surrounds criminal law and American Indians or Indian tribes. It explains recent changes in the handling of domestic... |
2018 |
| Sarah Deer, Elizabeth Ann Kronk Warner |
Raping Indian Country |
38 Columbia Journal of Gender and Law 31 (2018) |
This article examines issues going to the heart of tribal self-determination-- extractive industries operating within and near Indian country and how they are impacting tribal communities through climate change and the safety of Native people, especially women and children. Given the importance of the topic, the title of this article is... |
2018 |
| Grant Christensen , Melissa L. Tatum |
Reading Indian Law: Evaluating Thirty Years of Indian Law Scholarship |
54 Tulsa Law Review 81 (Autumn, 2018) |
I. Introduction. 82 II. Evolution of Thinking in Indian Law. 83 III. Methodology: The Scoring and Selection Process. 86 A. How the Articles Were Selected. 86 B. How the Articles Were Scored. 89 1. Lexis. 90 2. Westlaw. 91 3. Final Reported Score. 92 C. Caveats: The Limits of Quantitative Analysis. 92 1. Time. 93 2. Timing. 94 3. Books & Other... |
2018 |
| Philipp C. Kunze |
Remaining Silent in Indian Country: Self-incrimination and Grants of Immunity for Tribal Court Defendants |
93 Washington Law Review 2139 (December, 2018) |
A defendant in state and federal courts is entitled to a constitutional protection against self-incrimination. The Fifth Amendment establishes this privilege, which can only be overcome through a voluntary waiver or by the granting of an appropriate level of immunity. Those grants of immunity were made mutually binding on the state and... |
2018 |
| Addie C. Rolnick |
Resilience and Native Girls: a Critique |
2018 Brigham Young University Law Review 1407 (2018) |
C1-2Contents Introduction. 1407 I. Resilience Literature. 1409 A. Resilient Institutions. 1410 B. Resilient Individuals. 1412 II. Resilience and Native Girls. 1415 III. Naturalizing Trauma; Punishing Survival. 1418 IV. Making Resilience Work for Native Girls. 1424 Conclusion. 1426 |
2018 |
| Leslie A. Hagen , National Indian Country Training Coordinator, Executive Office for United States Attorneys |
Responding to Elder Abuse and Neglect in American Indian and Alaska Native Communities |
66 Department of Justice Journal of Federal Law and Practice 275 (December, 2018) |
The earliest teaching to most Native children is that they must respect and honor their elders. Such a lesson must never be lost through time or merely because one grows up. There is a deep, lengthy tradition of respect for an elder's experience, maturity, age and wisdom. Mary is 63 years old and suffering with Stage Four breast cancer that has... |
2018 |
| Sarah Deer, Mary Kathryn Nagle |
Return to Worcester: Dollar General and the Restoration of Tribal Jurisdiction to Protect Native Women and Children |
41 Harvard Journal of Law & Gender 179 (Winter, 2018) |
C1-2Table of Contents Introduction. 180 I. Non-Indian Perpetrated Violence Against Native Women Was Designed to Secure Colonial Conquest and the Destruction of Tribal Nations. 187 A. Native Women Form the Foundation of Tribal Sovereignty. 187 B. Non-Indian Perpetuated Violence Was Purposefully Used Against Native Women and Children as a Form of... |
2018 |
| Sarah Deer, Mary Kathryn Nagle |
RETURN TO WORCESTER: DOLLAR GENERAL AND THE RESTORATION OF TRIBAL JURISDICTION TO PROTECT NATIVE WOMEN AND CHILDREN |
41 Harvard Journal of Law & Gender 179 (Winter, 2018) |
C1-2Table of Contents Introduction. 180 I. Non-Indian Perpetrated Violence Against Native Women Was Designed to Secure Colonial Conquest and the Destruction of Tribal Nations. 187 A. Native Women Form the Foundation of Tribal Sovereignty. 187 B. Non-Indian Perpetuated Violence Was Purposefully Used Against Native Women and Children as a Form of... |
2018 |
| Adrea Korthase |
Seminal Choices: the Definition of "Indian Child" in a Time of Assisted Reproductive Technology |
31 Journal of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers 131 (2018) |
There is no DNA test that can prove if someone is Native American. Who asks the question and how it is answered can impact tribal membership and individual identity. Assisted reproductive technology (ART) introduces new considerations for tribes defining their tribal membership and carries with it many implications. Therefore, it is important to... |
2018 |
| Adam Crepelle |
Shooting down Oliphant: Self-defense as an Answer to Crime in Indian Country |
22 Lewis & Clark Law Review 1283 (2018) |
Crime is a dire public safety problem in Indian country as Indians suffer violent crime at twice the rate of any other racial group. Indian country's unique and confusing jurisdictional scheme combined with a shortage of police leave Indians easy targets for those looking to commit crimes. A largely unexplored answer to crime in Indian country is... |
2018 |
| Anne Monjar |
Social Contract: the Distributive Significance of a Native Nation's Patent Agreement with Allergan |
16 Northwestern Journal of Technology & Intellectual Property 107 (November, 2018) |
In 2017, pharmaceutical giant Allergan announced an innovative new agreement with the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe of upstate New York. Allergan was to transfer ownership of the patent of its successful dry eye drug Restasis to the Tribe in exchange for an exclusive licensing agreement. The hope was that the Tribe's sovereign immunity would... |
2018 |
| Robert J. Miller |
Sovereign Resilience: Reviving Private-sector Economic Institutions in Indian Country |
2018 Brigham Young University Law Review 1331 (2018) |
C1-2Contents I. Introduction. 1332 II. Current Economic Conditions in Indian Country. 1335 III. Traditional American Indian Private-Sector Institutions. 1339 A. Private Rights in Real Property. 1341 B. Personal Property. 1347 C. Trade. 1349 D. Native Business Skills. 1353 E. Indian Currencies. 1354 F. Accumulating Wealth. 1356 IV. Reviving... |
2018 |
| Alan Hanna |
Spaces for Sharing: Searching for Indigenous Law on the Canadian Legal Landscape |
51 U.B.C. Law Review 104 (January, 2018) |
The interaction between multiple legal orders is complex given the violent historical impact of colonialism that informs these relationships in Canada. The context of multiple First Nations and Indigenous communities in Canada, and the dynamics of multiple relationships each containing variations of different and distinct legal orders, exposes the... |
2018 |
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Statutory Interpretation--severability--tenth Circuit Holds That Severability Analysis Cannot Extend to Construing Indian Gaming Regulatory Act to Support an Administrative Remedy.-- New Mexico V. Department of the Interior, 854 F.3d 1207 (10th Cir. 2017) |
131 Harvard Law Review 1828 (April, 2018) |
When a court strikes down part of a statute as unconstitutional, it must decide what becomes of the wreckage. If the court determines Congress would have enacted the other provisions in the statute without the unconstitutional provision, the court may cut out the unconstitutional portion and leave the rest of the statute on the books. Yet this... |
2018 |
| Hon. Barbara A. McAuliffe |
Stolen or Lawful? A Case Review of an Indian Tribe's Claim to Aboriginal Land in California |
49 California Western International Law Journal L.J. 1 (Fall, 2018) |
C1-2Table of Contents Introduction. 2 I. The Parties in the Tribe's Case. 3 II. The Tribe's Claims to the Land. 4 A. The Tribe's Claims Regarding the Right to Occupy. 4 B. Title to the 270,000 Acres. 7 III. Aboriginal Title, the Act of 1851, and the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. 8 A. Aboriginal Title. 8 B. Overview of the Treaty of Guadalupe... |
2018 |
| Maura Douglas |
Sufficiently Criminal Ties: Expanding Vawa Criminal Jurisdiction for Indian Tribes |
166 University of Pennsylvania Law Review 745 (February, 2018) |
American Indian and Alaska Native women face the highest rates of sexual assault of any group in the United States, and most often such attacks are by non-Indian offenders. Since Oliphant v. Suquamish Indian Tribe, tribes cannot exercise criminal jurisdiction over non-Indians, even for crimes committed against an Indian victim in federally... |
2018 |
| Maura Douglas |
SUFFICIENTLY CRIMINAL TIES: EXPANDING VAWA CRIMINAL JURISDICTION FOR INDIAN TRIBES |
166 University of Pennsylvania Law Review 745 (February, 2018) |
American Indian and Alaska Native women face the highest rates of sexual assault of any group in the United States, and most often such attacks are by non-Indian offenders. Since Oliphant v. Suquamish Indian Tribe, tribes cannot exercise criminal jurisdiction over non-Indians, even for crimes committed against an Indian victim in federally... |
2018 |
| Elizabeth MacLachlan |
Tensions Underlying the Indian Child Welfare Act: Tribal Jurisdiction over Traditional State Court Family Law Matters |
2018 Brigham Young University Law Review 455 (2018) |
State courts have historically exercised jurisdiction over family law cases. However, under the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA), Indian child custody and adoption cases have been taken out of state jurisdiction and placed with Indian tribal governments. State courts have pushed back against proper deference to ICWA and violate ICWA by misapplying... |
2018 |
| Gautam Sundaresh |
The Indian Supreme Court and International Environmental Norms |
48 Environmental Law Reporter News & Analysis 10125 (February, 2018) |
The relationship of the Indian Supreme Court with the citizens of the country is undoubtedly an interesting one. Underlying the Court's image is an unbridled reverence by the people, and a rather prominent separation from society (one that it keenly regulates). The Court has been globally recognized for its inclination toward activism and its... |
2018 |
| Amanda M. Marincic |
The National Historic Preservation Act: an Inadequate Attempt to Protect the Cultural and Religious Sites of Native Nations |
103 Iowa Law Review 1777 (May, 2018) |
The National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) of 1966 established a federal policy of preserving historic places at the federal, state, and local level. In 1992, the Act was amended to include sites of cultural and religious significance to Native Nations on the National Register of Historic Places. This Note argues how that inclusion,... |
2018 |
| Daniel Fors |
The Native Species Protection Act: a Deceptively-named Measure to Destroy the Endangered Species Act |
29 Villanova Environmental Law Journal 177 (2018) |
Nothing is more priceless and more worthy of preservation than the rich array of animal life with which our country has been blessed. It is a many-faceted treasure, of value to scholars, scientists, and nature lovers alike, and it forms a vital part of the heritage we all share as Americans. --Richard Nixon The Endangered Species Act (ESA) is... |
2018 |
| Matthew D. Craig |
The Negative Effects of Confusion over Collateral Agreements under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act: Which Agreements Need Review? |
8 UNLV Gaming Law Journal 185 (Spring, 2018) |
A bank hired a top-100 law firm to document loans for a $28 million Indian gaming casino financing project. Whether done as the result of genuine confusion or neglect, the law firm did not encourage the bank to seek approval from the National Indian Gaming Commission (NIGC) regarding a Notice and Acknowledgement of Pledge agreement. After the... |
2018 |
| Olivia Karns |
The Potential Effects of Sturgeon V. Frost on Alaska Native Corporations |
43 Journal of Corporation Law 965 (Summer, 2018) |
I. Introduction. 965 II. Background. 966 A. The History of Alaska Native Claims to Land. 967 B. Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act and the Birth of Alaska Native Corporations. 968 C. How the Lack of Sovereignty Affects Alaska Native Corporations. 970 III. Analysis. 973 A. ANILCA, ANCSA, and Sturgeon v. Frost. 973 B. Economic Activities on Lands... |
2018 |
| Allison M. Dussias |
The Reports of Our Death Are Greatly Exaggerated--reflections on the Resilience of the Oneida Indian Nation of New York |
2018 Brigham Young University Law Review 1231 (2018) |
C1-2Contents I. Introduction. 1232 II. Preliminary Matters: Defining Resilience, Focusing on the Nation. 1235 A. Defining Resilience. 1235 B. Focusing on the Oneida Indian Nation of New York. 1236 III. Oneida Resilience in the Face of Dispossession of Land, Denial of Existence, and Denigration of Sovereignty. 1238 A. We Want Your Land--and We Are... |
2018 |
| Andrew Schrack |
THE SHIFTING LANDSCAPE OF ANCESTRAL LANDS: TRIBAL GATHERING OF TRADITIONAL PLANTS IN NATIONAL PARKS |
9 Arizona Journal of Environmental Law & Policy 1 (Fall, 2018) |
I. Introduction. 1 II. Historical Gathering Rights in National Parks. 2 A. Treaties. 3 B. Congressional Acts and Presidential Proclamations. 5 C. Agreements. 7 III. Shifting Legal Landscape. 10 A. 2016 Regulatory Changes. 12 1. Criticism of the Regulations. 15 IV. Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians Case Study. 17 A. United States v. Burgess. 20 B.... |
2018 |
| Jennifer L. Robinson , Stephen L. Nelson |
The Small but Powerful Voice in American Elections: a Discussion of Voting Rights Litigation on Behalf of American Indians |
70 Baylor Law Review 91 (Winter, 2018) |
I. Introduction. 92 II. Background and History of Voting Rights for American Indians. 96 A. The Status of American Indians in the U.S. Constitution. 96 B. The Marshall Trilogy. 97 C. The Civil Rights Act of 1866 and the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. 99 D. Indian Citizenship and the Indian Citizenship Act of 1924. 101 1. Residency.... |
2018 |
| Tyler L. Murphy |
The State, the Tribe, and the Ugly: the Ninth Circuit Stakes a Bad Claim on Indian Land for Tribal Civil Jurisdiction over Nonmembers in Window Rock Unified School District V. Reeves |
63 Villanova Law Review 157 (2018) |
Justice being taken away, then, what are kingdoms but great robberies? Within the borders of the United States, many Americans expect their fundamental rights to be protected from unwarranted government intrusion; however, there are some places within the country where this is not true. On Indian reservations, tribal governments are not beholden... |
2018 |
| Alexander Tallchief Skibine |
The Supreme Court's Last 30 Years of Federal Indian Law: Looking for Equilibrium or Supremacy? |
8 Columbia Journal of Race and Law 277 (2018) |
For 187 years, Indian nations status in the United States has not been fully developed or consistently approached within the law. They are viewed as Domestic Dependent Nations located within the geographical boundaries of the United States. Although Chief Justice John Marshall acknowledged that Indian nations had a certain amount of sovereignty,... |
2018 |
| Dylan R. Hedden-Nicely |
The Tenth Anniversary of the University of Idaho's Native Law Program |
61-SEP Advocate 32 (September, 2018) |
It was ten years ago that I first walked through the doors of the University of Idaho College of Law. I came home to Idaho to attend law school because of the interdisciplinary degree programs it offered that allowed law students to concurrently earn a master's degree or Ph.D. from UI's Water Resources Department. However, I come from a family of... |
2018 |
| Matthew C. Kane |
The Ubiquitous Ubiety of Native American Law |
65-APR Federal Lawyer Law. 5 (April, 2018) |
Indian law permeates the legal landscape in the United States, touching on an extraordinarily wide variety of topics. Professor Lindsay Robertson, a friend and colleague, describes federal Indian law as covering issues in criminal law, property law, contracts, constitutional law, international law, and civil jurisdiction, all in a context of a... |
2018 |
| Adam Crepelle |
The United States First Climate Relocation: Recognition, Relocation, and Indigenous Rights at the Isle De Jean Charles |
6 Belmont Law Review Rev. 1 (2018) |
INTRODUCTION. 2 I. HOW THE RESIDENTS OF THE ISLAND BECAME CLIMATE REFUGEES. 4 A. Taming the Mississippi. 5 B. The Oil Industry. 6 II. LOUISIANA'S COASTAL INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES. 8 A. Indian Tribes, the Environment, and Federal Recognition. 9 B. A Brief History of Louisiana's Coastal Tribes. 13 C. Cultural Struggles and the Environment. 17 III.... |
2018 |
| George Emmons |
The Unseen Harm: U.s.-indian Relations & Tribal Sovereignty |
48 Golden Gate University Law Review 185 (May, 2018) |
L1-2Table of Contents Introduction. 186 I. Indian Treaty Interpretation. 189 A. Domestic Dependent Status of Tribes. 189 B. Treaty Rights: The Judiciary's Key Role in Interpretation. 190 C. Historic Canons of Treaty Interpretation. 191 1. Winters v. United States: A Broad Interpretation of Treaty Rights. 191 2. United States v. Dion: Congressional... |
2018 |
| Richard B. Collins |
To Sue and Be Sued: Capacity and Immunity of American Indian Nations |
51 Creighton Law Review 391 (March, 2018) |
Can American Indian nations sue and be sued in federal and state courts? Specific issues are whether tribes have corporate capacity to sue, whether a Native group has recognized status as a tribe, and whether and to what extent tribes and their officers have governmental immunity from suit. Tribal capacity to sue is now well established, and... |
2018 |
| Amber Penn-Roco |
Trump's Dismantling of the National Monuments: Sacrificing Native American Interests on the Altar of Business |
75 National Lawyers Guild Review 35 (Spring, 2018) |
In December of 2017, President Trump demolished the Bears Ears National Monument, shrinking it by 85 percent. That same day, President Trump also cut the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument by 46 percent. The Trump Administration was urged by energy companies to shrink the National Monuments so they could take advantage of the natural... |
2018 |
| Lane Kaiwi Opulauoho |
Trust Lands for the Native Hawaiian Nation: Lessons from Federal Indian Law Precedents |
43 American Indian Law Review 75 (2018) |
From time immemorial, Native Hawaiians, the aboriginal peoples who settled the isolated Hawaiian Archipelago surrounded by the vast Pacific Ocean, have lived and prospered. These peoples provided the foundation of a nation that exercised sovereignty over these islands. This jurisdiction has had several titles: first, the Hawaiian Kingdom, a... |
2018 |
| Marina Brilman |
Waging War and Staging Roundtables: Normative Spaces of Violence and Dialogue in Colombia's Indigenous Lands |
50 George Washington International Law Review 781 (2018) |
This Article argues that the coincidence of dialogue and violence that characterizes the Colombian political and legal landscape is not merely a factual circumstance or a logical necessity, but represents a government policy of waging war and staging roundtables. The simultaneous use of dialogue and military action against a dialogue's... |
2018 |
| Susan M. Larned |
Water Is Life: the Native American Tribal Role in Protecting Natural Resources |
8 Barry University Environmental and Earth Law Journal 52 (2018) |
So, the monarch [butterfly] is also part of the protest, part of the movement, with its drumbeat reverberating across the planet. The tribal peoples of Earth are making their voices heard in so many ways. Their mission is to reconnect the modern world with the circle of life--a circle that much of humanity left behind maybe ten millennia ago, in... |
2018 |
| Susan M. Larned |
WATER IS LIFE: THE NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBAL ROLE IN PROTECTING NATURAL RESOURCES |
8 Barry University Environmental and Earth Law Journal 52 (2018) |
So, the monarch [butterfly] is also part of the protest, part of the movement, with its drumbeat reverberating across the planet. The tribal peoples of Earth are making their voices heard in so many ways. Their mission is to reconnect the modern world with the circle of life--a circle that much of humanity left behind maybe ten millennia ago, in... |
2018 |
| Stephen H. Greetham |
WATER PLANNING, TRIBAL VOICES, AND CREATIVE APPROACHES: SEEKING NEW PATHS THROUGH TRIBAL-STATE WATER CONFLICT BY COLLABORATION ON STATE WATER PLANNING EFFORTS |
58 Natural Resources Journal 1 (Winter, 2018) |
More than a century after the Supreme Court issued its foundational Indian water law cases, only a handful of American Indian tribes have secured decrees or settlements of legally enforceable water rights. Efforts to resolve tribal water claims are typically hampered by legal and factual complexities as well as the equitable and political legacy of... |
2018 |
| Dylan R. Hedden-Nicely |
Welcome from the Chair of the Indian Law Section |
61-SEP Advocate 23 (September, 2018) |
On behalf of the Indian Law Section of the Idaho State Bar, welcome to the September edition of The Advocate. It has been my honor to serve on the Board of the Indian Law Section for the last five years; first as Vice-Chair and for the last two years as Chair of the section. I am privileged to have the opportunity to work with Vice-Chair Jason... |
2018 |
| Calandra McCool |
Welcome to the Mvskoke Reservation: Murphy V. Royal, Criminal Jurisdiction, and Reservation Diminishment in Indian Country |
42 American Indian Law Review 355 (2018) |
By restoring the Muscogee Creek Nation to § 1151(a) Indian Country status, Murphy v. Royal expanded the Muscogee Creek Nation's rights to prosecute, regulate, and adjudicate cases pertaining to or involving American Indians or Alaska Natives within its reservation. While the Tenth Circuit's denial of en banc review for Murphy caused a stir, the... |
2018 |
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Why Try to Change Me Now?: the Basis for the 2016 Indian Child Welfare Act Regulations |
96 Nebraska Law Review 1007 (2018) |
C1-2TABLE OF CONTENTS I. Introduction. 1007 II. Background. 1009 A. Passage and Intent of the Indian Child Welfare Act. 1009 B. 1979 Guidelines and Their Effects. 1011 1. The Bureau of Indian Affairs's Position Against Binding Regulations. 1011 2. The Indian Child Welfare Act's Inconsistent Application Throughout the States. 1012 C. The Bureau of... |
2018 |
| Aaron Haines |
Will the Stop Act Stop Anything? The Safeguard Tribal Objects of Patrimony Act and Recovering Native American Artifacts from Abroad |
39 Cardozo Law Review 1091 (February, 2018) |
C1-2Table of Contents Introduction. 1092 I. International and U.S. Cultural Property Law. 1096 A. 1970 UNESCO Convention and 1995 UNIDROIT Convention. 1096 B. United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People. 1100 C. U.S. Domestic Law Protecting Native American Artifacts. 1101 II. Legislation Protecting Cultural Property. 1103 A.... |
2018 |
| Lianne T. Chung , Nicholas Ernst |
Winner, Best Appellate Brief in the 2018 Native American Law Student Association Moot Court Competition |
42 American Indian Law Review 457 (2018) |
I. Whether the Yuma Indian Nation (the Nation or YIN) courts have jurisdiction over Thomas Smith and Carol Smith (collectively, the Smiths), non-members of the Nation, where such jurisdiction is beyond protecting the Nation's self-government and control over internal relations, or in the alternative, whether the trial court should stay the... |
2018 |
| Gregory Ablavsky |
With the Indian Tribes: Race, Citizenship, and Original Constitutional Meanings |
70 Stanford Law Review 1025 (April, 2018) |
Abstract. Under black-letter law declared in the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Morton v. Mancari, federal classifications of individuals as Indian based on membership in a federally recognized tribe rely on a political, not a racial, distinction, and so are generally subject only to rational basis review. But the Court recently questioned this... |
2018 |
| Nicole Russell |
"TO FURTHER JUSTICE IN THE GREATER NATIVE AMERICAN COMMUNITY": ETHICAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF A TRIBAL ATTORNEY IN DISENROLLMENT DISPUTES |
30 Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics 991 (Fall, 2017) |
The United States' long and fraught history with the native peoples who originally inhabited the land is largely considered one of exploitation, forced assimilation, and abandonment. In light of past injustices, the federal government has come to employ a government-to-government relationship with tribes and [has] recognized tribal jurisdiction.... |
2017 |
| Hallie McDonald |
A DOLLAR FOR YOUR THOUGHTS: DOLLAR GENERAL AND THE SUPREME COURT'S STRUGGLE WITH TRIBAL CIVIL JURISDICTION |
46 Hofstra Law Review 399 (Fall, 2017) |
Tribes have been deemed quasi-sovereign nations with a unique amalgam of attributes, at once having a dependent status and being distinct, independent political communities that retain some of their original sovereignty. There are 567 federally recognized Indian tribes in the United States, with approximately 56.2 million acres of land held... |
2017 |
| Lawrence R. Baca |
A Recipe from the Diversity Cookbook: 'First You Hire One Indian' |
64-FEB Federal Lawyer 54 (January/February, 2017) |
The concept of diversity encompasses acceptance and respect. It means understanding that each individual is unique and recognizing our individual differences. These can be along the dimensions of race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, age, physical abilities, religious beliefs, political beliefs, or other ideologies. It... |
2017 |