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Tribal Exclusion Authority: Its Sovereign Basis With Recommendations For Federal Support, Jeremy Wood
Tribal Exclusion Authority: Its Sovereign Basis With Recommendations For Federal Support, Jeremy Wood
American Indian Law Journal
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August 2016 - August 2017 Case Law On American Indians, Thomas P. Schlosser
August 2016 - August 2017 Case Law On American Indians, Thomas P. Schlosser
American Indian Law Journal
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Indian Child Welfare Act Annual Case Law Update And Commentary, Kathryn Fort, Adrian T. Smith
Indian Child Welfare Act Annual Case Law Update And Commentary, Kathryn Fort, Adrian T. Smith
American Indian Law Journal
There are, on average, 200 appellate cases addressing the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) annually—though this number includes published and unpublished opinions. There are usually around thirty reported state appellate court cases involving ICWA issues every year. There has never been a systematic look at the cases on appeal including an analysis of who is appealing, what the primary issues are on appeal, and what trends are present. This article seeks to fill that void.
This article provides a comprehensive catalog of published ICWA jurisprudence from across all fifty states in 2017. Designed as a quick reference for the ICWA …
Statutes Of Ill Repose And Threshold Canons Of Construction: A Unified Approach To Ambiguity After San Carlos Apache Tribe V. United States, Daniel Lee
Seattle University Law Review
Historically, the San Carlos Apache Tribe depended on the Gila River to irrigate crops and sustain a population of around 14,000 tribe members. The river is also sacred to the Tribe and central to the Tribe’s culture and spirituality. Initially, the federal government had recognized the Tribe’s dependence on the Gila River by reserving, under the Winters doctrine, water rights necessary to support the San Carlos Apache Reservation. Acting as the Tribe’s trustee, the United States entered into the Globe Equity Decree (the Decree), which prevented the San Carlos Apache Tribe from claiming water rights under the Winters doctrine and …