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Worcester V. Georgia: A Breakdown In The Separation Of Powers, Matthew L. Sundquist Jan 2010

Worcester V. Georgia: A Breakdown In The Separation Of Powers, Matthew L. Sundquist

American Indian Law Review

No abstract provided.


Ada Lois Sipuel Fisher: How A “Skinny Little Girl” Took On The University Of Oklahoma And Helped Pave The Road To Brown V. Board Of Education, Cheryl B. Wattley Jan 2010

Ada Lois Sipuel Fisher: How A “Skinny Little Girl” Took On The University Of Oklahoma And Helped Pave The Road To Brown V. Board Of Education, Cheryl B. Wattley

Oklahoma Law Review

No abstract provided.


United States V. Hatahley: A Legal Archaeology Case Study In Law And Racial Conflict, Debora L. Threedy Jan 2009

United States V. Hatahley: A Legal Archaeology Case Study In Law And Racial Conflict, Debora L. Threedy

American Indian Law Review

This article is a case study of United States v. Hatahley using the methodology of "legal archaeology" to reconstruct the historical, social, and economic context of the litigation. In 1953, a group of individual Navajos brought suit under the Federal Tort Claims Act for the destruction of over one hundred horses and burros. The first section of the article presents two contrasting narratives for the case. The first relates what we know about the case from the reported opinions, while the second locates the litigated case within the larger social context by examining the parties, the history of incidents culminating …


American Indian Influence On The United States Constitution And Its Framers, Robert J. Miller Jan 1993

American Indian Influence On The United States Constitution And Its Framers, Robert J. Miller

American Indian Law Review

No abstract provided.


Philosophical, Legal, And Social Rationales For Appropriating The Tribal Estate, 1607 To1980, Arrell Morgan Gibson Jan 1984

Philosophical, Legal, And Social Rationales For Appropriating The Tribal Estate, 1607 To1980, Arrell Morgan Gibson

American Indian Law Review

No abstract provided.