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Case Law On American Indians August 2018-2019, Thomas P. Schlosser
Case Law On American Indians August 2018-2019, Thomas P. Schlosser
American Indian Law Journal
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Fighting On Behalf Of The Salish Sea, Cloie M. Chapman
Fighting On Behalf Of The Salish Sea, Cloie M. Chapman
American Indian Law Journal
Despite the wealth of data that suggests climate change will disrupt our ecosystems, key political actors have declined to take action to mitigate the anticipated effects. Further, we have seen deeper investment into the fossil fuel industry, an industry that has been a substantial contributor to climate change. Community-led movements have proven more successful in engaging with these issues on the ground. Creative legal strategies could aid in this movement and allow for strengthened enforcement of rights that are closely dependent on the health of the environment.
The Salish Sea is a body of water that reaches from Western Canada …
By Any Means: How One Federal Agency Is Turning Tribal Sovereignty On Its Head, Clifton Cottrell
By Any Means: How One Federal Agency Is Turning Tribal Sovereignty On Its Head, Clifton Cottrell
American Indian Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Beyond A Zero-Sum Federal Trust Responsibility: Lessons From Federal Indian Energy Policy, Monte Mills
Beyond A Zero-Sum Federal Trust Responsibility: Lessons From Federal Indian Energy Policy, Monte Mills
American Indian Law Journal
The federal government’s trust relationship with federally- recognized Indian tribes is a product of the last two centuries of Federal Indian Law and federal-tribal relations. For approximately the last 50 years, the federal government has sought to promote tribal self-determination as a means to carry out its trust responsibilities to Indian tribes; but the shadows of prior federal policies, based largely on notions of tribal incompetence and federal paternalism, remain. Perhaps no other policy arena better demonstrates the history, evolution, and promise for reform of the federal trust relationship than Federal Indian energy policy, or the range of federal statutes …