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Authorizing The Secretary Of The Interior To Set Aside Certain Judgment Funds Of The Three Affiliated Tribes Of Fort Berthold Reservation In North Dakota, United States Congress, Us Senate May 1983

Authorizing The Secretary Of The Interior To Set Aside Certain Judgment Funds Of The Three Affiliated Tribes Of Fort Berthold Reservation In North Dakota, United States Congress, Us Senate

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This report, dated May 17 1983, also known as United States (US) Senate Report 98-126, was submitted by the US Senate Select Committee on Indian Affairs to accompany Senate Bill 727, "to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to set aside certain judgment funds of the Three Affiliated Tribes of Fort Berthold Reservation in North Dakota, and for other purposes." In the report, the committee recommends passage of the bill, with three amendments that are detailed in the report.


Ancestral Lands, Alien Laws: Judicial Perspectives On Aboriginal Title, Brian Slattery Jan 1983

Ancestral Lands, Alien Laws: Judicial Perspectives On Aboriginal Title, Brian Slattery

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This monograph examines critically the various ways in which Commonwealth and American judges have dealt with the issue of the land rights of Aboriginal peoples in the past. It devotes particular attention to the doctrine of Aboriginal title developed by Chief Justice Marshall of the United States Supreme Court. The nature and legal basis of that doctrine are reviewed in detail, and the relevance of the doctrine to Canadian and Commonwealth jurisdictions is explored.