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Indigenous, Indian, and Aboriginal Law

University of Montana

Series

2000

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Tribes As Rich Nations, Raymond Cross Jan 2000

Tribes As Rich Nations, Raymond Cross

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This article critiques the contemporary doctrine of Indian tribal self-determination thirty years after its inception in President Richard M. Nixon's famed 1970 Indian Message to Congress.

The first part focuses on the three most prominent strategies for tribal self-determination: 1) tribal strategy that seeks to "morph" their inherent and reserved sovereign powers into tribal regulatory powers that are effective throughout Indian Country; 2) tribal strategy that seeks to develop and assert economic sovereignty over their lands, resources, and commercial relationships as a means of revitalizing Indian Country; and 3) tribal strategy that seeks to reassert traditional cultural and religious beliefs …


Conserving Ecosystems Through The Secretarial Order On Tribal Rights, Sandra B. Zellmer Jan 2000

Conserving Ecosystems Through The Secretarial Order On Tribal Rights, Sandra B. Zellmer

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