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The Hermeneutics Of Indian Law, Robert A. Williams Jr.
The Hermeneutics Of Indian Law, Robert A. Williams Jr.
Michigan Law Review
A Review of American Indians, Time, and the Law: Native Societies in a Modern Constitutional Democracy by Charles F. Wilkinson
American Indian Sacred Religious Sites And Government Development: A Conventional Analysis In An Unconventional Setting, Mark S. Cohen
American Indian Sacred Religious Sites And Government Development: A Conventional Analysis In An Unconventional Setting, Mark S. Cohen
Michigan Law Review
For centuries, American Indians have regarded specific lands as essential to their livelihood, government, culture, and religion. Congress and the courts have at times recognized the important relationship between tribes and their lands. Recognition has not always coincided with protection; during the nineteenth century and part of the twentieth century a series of governmental actions resulted in the tribes surrendering title and possession to many of their ancestral lands. Recently, however, American Indians have become increasingly active litigants in a variety of contexts. In one set of cases, Indians challenged government development projects on public lands, contending that because the …