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Paternalism Or Protection?: Federal Review Of Tribal Economic Decisions In Indian Gaming, Kevin Washburn, Barry W. Brandon, Philip N. Hogen, Vanya S. Hogen
Paternalism Or Protection?: Federal Review Of Tribal Economic Decisions In Indian Gaming, Kevin Washburn, Barry W. Brandon, Philip N. Hogen, Vanya S. Hogen
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In a recent Senate hearing, Senator John McCain and Professor Washburn clashed about the federal role in tribal economic decisions involving Indian gaming. Professor Washburn, who was struck by decades of incompetent federal stewardship of tribal trust funds demonstrated so painfully in the Cobell litigation, questioned the wisdom of the existing gaming regulatory structure in which federal officials at the National Indian Gaming Commission (NIGC) exercise oversight of tribal economic decisions involving tens or hundreds of millions of dollars. Senator McCain sharply disagreed. Following his investigation of lobbyist Jack Abramoff, McCain was even more certain that tribes needed federal protection …
Testimony On The Department Of The Interior's New Policy On Off-Reservation Acquisitions Of Land In Trust For Indian Gaming, Before The United States House Of Representatives Natural Resources Committee, 110th Congress, Second Session, Kevin Washburn
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The Department of the Interior's New Guidance on Off-Reservation Acquisitions of Land in Trust for Indian Gaming assumes that the principal value of Indian gaming is reservation employment. Although this assumption is mostly incorrect - Indian gaming operations, like state lotteries, are about public revenues, not jobs - off-reservation gaming can dramatically increase the number of public service jobs on Indian reservations. Indian gaming revenues are mostly expended on tribal services to tribal members, creating numerous public service jobs in tribal government. Off-reservation Indian gaming can also provide revenues for restoration of lands on Indian reservation, making up for limited …
Misplaced Jurisdiction, Kevin Washburn
Misplaced Jurisdiction, Kevin Washburn
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Interview discussing felonies and jurisdiction on Tribal land.
Narrative Braids: Performing Racial Literacy (Interviewed By Gene Grant), Christine Zuni Cruz, Margaret Montoya
Narrative Braids: Performing Racial Literacy (Interviewed By Gene Grant), Christine Zuni Cruz, Margaret Montoya
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The performance that is the basis for this joint publication was performed at the Harriet Tubman Theatre at the National Underground Railroad Justice Center in Cincinnati, Ohio. The two of us, Christine Zuni Cruz, a Pueblo woman from the Rio Grande Pueblos of Oke Owingeh and lsleta in New Mexico, and Margaret Montoya, a mestiza/Chicana from northern New Mexico, using both our personal voices and our professional voices as legal scholars, enacted the theatrical performance, a conversation between two women of color from different communities with different identities. This performance experiments with both method and content. The method is a …
The Legacy Of Bryan V. Itasca County: How An Erroneous $147 County Tax Notice Helped Bring Tribes $200 Billion In Indian Gaming Revenue, Kevin Washburn
The Legacy Of Bryan V. Itasca County: How An Erroneous $147 County Tax Notice Helped Bring Tribes $200 Billion In Indian Gaming Revenue, Kevin Washburn
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This Article places Bryan v. Itasca County in historical context and gives credit where credit is due. From the perspective of three decades, it describes the litigation and its ramifications, and highlights the work of the legal services attorneys who brought Indian tribes this landmark victory. Part I briefly describes the litigation through the state supreme court. Part II discusses, in much greater detail, the appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court. Part III analyzes the unanimous Supreme Court opinion reversing the state courts and describes the breathtaking scope of the opinion, as well as its implications. Part IV briefly describes …
Shadow War Scholarship, Indigenous Legal Tradition, And Modern Law In Indian Country, Christine Zuni Cruz
Shadow War Scholarship, Indigenous Legal Tradition, And Modern Law In Indian Country, Christine Zuni Cruz
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This article documents the purposes and reasons for the development of the Tribal Law Journal, the University of New Mexico School of Laws electronic journal created to promote scholarship on tribal law and the Indigenous legal tradition. It discusses the use of the internet for the work of the journal and of the need to increase an understanding and awareness of the law of Indigenous peoples. The diversity of indigenous peoples, in and of itself, requires unique approaches to the discussion of tribal law. The article considers how the Zapatista Movement in Chiapas utilized the internet. The Zapatista's engagement of …
American Indians, Crime And The Law: Five Years Of Scholarship On Criminal Justice In Indian Country, Kevin Washburn
American Indians, Crime And The Law: Five Years Of Scholarship On Criminal Justice In Indian Country, Kevin Washburn
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Opening remarks.
Restoring The Grand Jury, Kevin Washburn
Restoring The Grand Jury, Kevin Washburn
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Though it is enshrined in the Constitution, the grand jury is one of the least respected institutions in American criminal justice today. Scholars regard the grand jury just as doctors regard the appendix: an organic part of our constitutional makeup, but not of much use. While scholars have proposed reforms, most of them seem only loosely related to the fundamental purpose of the grand jury. In an era of plea bargains, the grand jury can serve a crucial role in insuring popular legitimacy in the criminal justice system. In light of the criticism, however, the grand jury seems to be …
Sex Offender Registration In Indian Country, Kevin Washburn, Virginia Davis
Sex Offender Registration In Indian Country, Kevin Washburn, Virginia Davis
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This article critiques Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act [SORNA] and places it in the context of the broader scheme of public safety and criminal jurisdiction on Indian reservations. Part I briefly explains the jurisdictional background of criminal law and regulatory authority on Indian lands. Part II discusses the particular development of federal and tribal sex offender registration and notification laws. Part III explains how SORNA engages Indian tribes and other registration jurisdictions as a prelude to discussion of the obstacles of effective implementation on Indian lands. Part IV offers some criticisms of SORNA for further fragmenting regulatory and criminal …