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Returning Control To The People: The Native American Languages Act, Reclamation, And Native Language Teacher Certification, Karen E. Lillie

Buffalo Law Review

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Release The River: Recognizing Legal Rights For Natural Objects To Remedy Continuing Issues In American Environmental Law, Eamon Danieu

Buffalo Law Review

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Protecting Our Spaces Of Memory: Rediscovering The Seneca Nation Settlement Act Through Archives, Rebecca Chapman

Law Librarian Journal Articles

Archival spaces act as collective memory, and the need to preserve and protect those spaces is critical for understanding historical events. To illustrate the idea of archival space as a space of memory, this article looks at the Seneca Nation Settlement Act, which is more fully understood through the use and interpretation of archival materials.

Environmentalism Isn’T New: Lessons From Indigenous Law, Joseph Kowalski

Buffalo Environmental Law Journal

The much-overlooked laws and lifeways of Indigenous people show that concepts of environmental sustainability have long been a part of the human tradition. By studying the Indigenous jurisprudence of societies that maintained these traditions into the modern era, much can be learned. Rather than making laws in regards to the land, the land itself was the source of the law, for the environmental laws were built around a relationship with the land.

Through most of human history, the western world had a similar relationship. However, the Holy Roman Empire’s interpretation of Biblical scripture, which at that time was law, forever …

Indian Country Complexities And The Ambiguous State Of Marijuana Policy In The United States, Lauren Adornetto

Buffalo Law Review

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The Great Sioux Nation V. The "Black Snake": Native American Rights And The Keystone Xl Pipeline, Cindy S. Woods

Buffalo Human Rights Law Review

The Keystone XL Pipeline has been shrouded in controversy almost since its conception. As a structure intending to cross the Canadian border into the United States, the Pipeline must receive presidential approval before construction can commence. Since 2008, TransCanada has at- tempted to obtain this approval unsuccessfully. Criticism against the Pipe- line has focused largely on the negative environmental impacts that will likely accompany its construction and utilization, and it is precisely these environmental concerns that have ultimately stymied presidential approval and made international headlines. In November 2015, the U.S. government denied TransCanada's application, effectively killing the Keystone XL pro- …

Tribes As Conservation Easement Holders: Is A Partial Property Interest Better Than None?, Jessica Owley

Contributions to Books

Published as Chapter 8 in Tribes, Land, and the Environment, Sarah Krakoff & Ezra Rosser.

In Land We Trust': The Endorois' Communication And The Quest For Indigenous Peoples' Rights In Africa, Korir Sing' Oei A., Jared Shepherd

Buffalo Human Rights Law Review

This article examines Communication 276/2003, Center for Minority Rights Development (Kenya) and Minority Rights Group International on behalf of the Endorois Welfare Council v. Kenya, argued before the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights. The Endorois Communication is one of the first indigenous rights claims to be examined by an international body after the adoption of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

This article begins by placing the Communication within the context of the international indigenous rights movement. The authors then explore the Commission's historical use of Articles 60 and 61 of the African Charter …

Ecosystem Co-Management Agreements: A Study Of Nation Building Or A Lesson On Erosion Of Tribal Sovereignty?, Marren Sanders

Buffalo Environmental Law Journal

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The New Frontier Of Federal Indian Law: The United States Supreme Court's Active Divestiture Of Tribal Sovereignty, E. Andrew Long

Buffalo Public Interest Law Journal

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Ecological Effects Know No Boundaries: Little Remedy For Native American Tribes Pursuing Transboundary Pollution Under International Law, Peter D. Lepsch

Buffalo Environmental Law Journal

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I Know You're The Government's Lawyer, But Are You My Lawyer Too? An Exploration Of The Federal-Native American Trust Relationship And Conflicts Of Interest, David I. Gold

Buffalo Public Interest Law Journal

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Linking Human Rights, Rights Of Indigenous People And The Environment, Sevine Ercmann

Buffalo Environmental Law Journal

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Environmentalism, Human Rights And Indigenous Peoples: A Tale Of Converging And Diverging Interests, S. James Anaya

Buffalo Environmental Law Journal

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The Liberal Forces Driving The Supreme Court's Divestment And Debasement Of Tribal Sovereignty, Ann Tweedy

Buffalo Public Interest Law Journal

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The Oneida Land Claim: Yesterday And Today, John Tahsuda

Buffalo Law Review

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Building A New Longhouse: The Case For Government Reform Within The Six Nations Of The Haudenosaunee, Robert B. Porter

Buffalo Law Review

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Seneca Nation Of Indians V. Christy: A Background Study, Laurence M. Hauptman

Buffalo Law Review

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"We Are An Independent Nation": A History Of Iroquois Sovereignty, Mary Druke Becker

Buffalo Law Review

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The Haudenosaunee Cayuga Nation Land Claim: Cayuga Nation V. New York, Clint Halftown

Buffalo Law Review

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The Haudenosaunee, Yesterday And Today: A Conflict Of Concepts And Laws, Irving Powless Jr.

Buffalo Law Review

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Border Wars: Haudenosaunee Lands And Federalism, Steven Paul Mcsloy

Buffalo Law Review

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Review Of The History Of The April 1997 Trade And Commerce Agreement Among The Traditional Haudenosaunee Councils Of Chiefs And New York State And The Impact Thereof On Haudenosaunee Sovereignty, Joseph J. Heath

Buffalo Law Review

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Echoes Of A Native Revitalization Movement In Recent Indian Law Cases In New York State, John C. Mohawk

Buffalo Law Review

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Reconstituting Haudenosaunee Law, Sovereignty, And Governance, Errol E. Meidinger

Journal Articles

This article introduces a symposium issue on "Law, Sovereignty, and Tribal Governance: The Iroquois Confederacy" that grew out of a conference at the University at Buffalo Law School in 1998. The symposium was heavily attended and debated by the indigenous peoples of the region. The article argues that core lessons of the conference included the requirement to understand and implement sovereignty as tool of cultural survival, particularly in its insistence on a land base; that sovereignty has been adopted as a central concept by Indian peoples both because it provides a necessary social bulwark and because it facilitates a discursive …

Native Cultures In A Rights Empire Ending The Dominion, Leon E. Trakman

Buffalo Law Review

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When History Outweighs Law: Extinguishment Of Abenaki Aboriginal Title, John P. Lowndes

Buffalo Law Review

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Republicanism, Imperialism, And Sovereignty: A History Of The Doctrine Of Tribal Sovereignty, Jane M. Smith

Buffalo Law Review

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Felix S. Cohen And His Jurisprudence: Reflections On Federal Indian Law, Stephen M. Feldman

Buffalo Law Review

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The New York Indians' Right To Self-Determination, James W. Clute

Buffalo Law Review

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