Law Commons^™

Aboriginal Title In The Canadian Legal System: The Story Of Delgamuukw V. British Columbia, Robert T. Anderson

Chapters in Books

Canada is grappling with legal issues surrounding indigenous property rights on a scale not seen in the United States since the mid-nineteenth century. Fundamental questions of fairness and justice related to indigenous peoples’ property rights are in flux in the province of British Columbia–an area the size of the states of California, Oregon, and Washington combined. The recognition of aboriginal rights in the Canadian Constitution in 1982 and recent judicial developments made it clear to the provincial government that nearly the entire province may be subject to aboriginal title claims. Consequently, the aboriginal nations and B.C. government have embarked on …

Messages From Frank's Landing: A Story Of Salmon, Treaties, And The Indian Way, Charles F. Wilkinson

Books, Reports, and Studies

This digital resource contains only an abstract, cover image and table of contents information from the published book.

Print copy of book is available in the University of Colorado’s Wise Law Library: http://lawpac.colorado.edu/record=b243280~S0

Contents: Muck Creek -- Nisqually River -- George Hugo Boldt -- Fort Lewis -- Wa He Lut -- Afterword

[Introduction To] Tribes, Treaties, And Constitutional Tribulations, Vine Deloria Jr., David E. Wilkins

Bookshelf

"Federal Indian law... is a loosely related collection of past and present acts of Congress, treaties and agreements, executive orders, administrative rulings, and judicial opinions, connected only by the fact that law in some form has been applied haphazardly to American Indians over the course of several centuries.... Indians in their tribal relation and Indian tribes in their relation to the federal government hang suspended in a legal wonderland."

In this book, two prominent scholars of American Indian law and politics undertake a full historical examination of the relationship between Indians and the United States Constitution that explains the present …

At Loggerheads : The State Of Maine And The Wabanaki : Final Report Of The Task Force On Tribal-State Relations, Maine Indian Tribal-State Commission

Maine Collection

At Loggerheads : The State of Maine and the Wabanaki : Final Report of the Task Force on Tribal-State Relations.

Maine Indian Tribal-State Commission. Task Force on Tribal-State Relations.

Hallowell, Me., 1997.

Contents: Prologue / Task Force on Tribal-State Relations / Executive Summary / A.Overview / B.Recommendations / C.The Maine Indian Claims Settlement / D.The Maine Indian Tribal-State Commission / E.Findings and Analysis / Appendices

Agreement At Fort Berthold, 1866 And Addenda., Charles J. Kappler, Newton Edmunds, Samuel R. Curtis, Orrin Guernsey, Henry W. Reed

US Government Documents related to Indigenous Nations

This 1904 reprint of the unratified treaty with the Arikara, Mandan, and Hidatsa, was reprinted as the Agreement at Fort Berthold, 1866, in vol. II of Charles Kappler’s Indian Affairs. Laws and Treaties. Originally signed on July 27, 1866, at Fort Berthold, Dakota Territory, this treaty and its Addenda were a set of agreements between the US government and representatives of the Arikara, Mandan, and Hidatsa Nations. In this document, the Arikara, Mandan, and Hidatsa agreed to cede a portion of their land on the east bank of the Missouri River and granted a right-of-way for roads through their …