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Defending The "Indefensible": Replacing Ethnocentrism With A Native American Cultural Defense, Megan H. Dearth Jan 2011

Defending The "Indefensible": Replacing Ethnocentrism With A Native American Cultural Defense, Megan H. Dearth

American Indian Law Review

No abstract provided.


Yours, Mine, Ours? Renovating The Antiquated Apartheid In The Law Of Property Division In Native American Divorce, Vickie Enis Jan 2011

Yours, Mine, Ours? Renovating The Antiquated Apartheid In The Law Of Property Division In Native American Divorce, Vickie Enis

American Indian Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Conflict Between State Tests Of Tribal Entity Immunity And The Congressional Policy Of Indian Self-Determination, Aaron F.W. Meek Jan 2010

The Conflict Between State Tests Of Tribal Entity Immunity And The Congressional Policy Of Indian Self-Determination, Aaron F.W. Meek

American Indian Law Review

No abstract provided.


Crow Dog Vs. Spotted Tail: Case Closed, Timothy Connors, Vivek Sankaran Jan 2010

Crow Dog Vs. Spotted Tail: Case Closed, Timothy Connors, Vivek Sankaran

Articles

In 1868, Chief Spotted Tail signed a United States government treaty with an X. Spotted Tail was a member of the Brule Sioux Tribe, related by marriage to Crazy Horse. The government treaty recognized the Black Hills as part of the Great Sioux reservation. As such, exclusive use of the Black Hills by the Sioux people was guaranteed. Monroe, Michigan, native Gen. George Custer changed all that. In 1874, he led an expedition into that protected land, announced the discovery of gold, and the rush of prospectors followed. Within two years, Custer attacked at Little Big Horn and met his …


Slides: Indian Water Rights, Robert T. Anderson Jun 2009

Slides: Indian Water Rights, Robert T. Anderson

Western Water Law, Policy and Management: Ripples, Currents, and New Channels for Inquiry (Martz Summer Conference, June 3-5)

Presenter: Robert T. Anderson, Native American Law Center, University of Washington Law School

19 slides


In Defense Of The Indian Child Welfare Act In Aggravated Circumstances, C. Eric Davis Jan 2008

In Defense Of The Indian Child Welfare Act In Aggravated Circumstances, C. Eric Davis

Michigan Journal of Race and Law

The Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) affords various protections to Indian families throughout child welfare proceedings. Among them is the duty imposed upon the state to provide rehabilitative services to families prior to the outplacement of an Indian child, or termination of parental rights. An analogous provision for non-Indians in the Adoption and Safe Families Act (ASFA) excuses rehabilitative services in "aggravated circumstances" of child abuse. The ICWA contains no such exception, and that absence has been controversial. In 2002, the Alaska Supreme Court applied ASFA's aggravated circumstances exception to the ICWA, thereby excusing services when a father severely abused …


Tribal Courts And Federal Courts: A Very Preliminary Set Of Notes For Federal Courts Teachers, Frank Pommersheim Jan 2004

Tribal Courts And Federal Courts: A Very Preliminary Set Of Notes For Federal Courts Teachers, Frank Pommersheim

Frank Pommersheim

No abstract provided.


The Duckwater Shoshone Drug Court, 1997-2000: Melding Traditional Dispute Resolution With Due Process, Ronald Eagleye Johnny Jan 2002

The Duckwater Shoshone Drug Court, 1997-2000: Melding Traditional Dispute Resolution With Due Process, Ronald Eagleye Johnny

American Indian Law Review

No abstract provided.


Trifederalism In The Aftermath Of Teague: The Interaction Of State And Tribal Courts In Wisconsin, Carol Tebben Jan 2002

Trifederalism In The Aftermath Of Teague: The Interaction Of State And Tribal Courts In Wisconsin, Carol Tebben

American Indian Law Review

No abstract provided.


State Corporations For Indian Reservations, Dao Lee Bernardi-Boyle Jan 2001

State Corporations For Indian Reservations, Dao Lee Bernardi-Boyle

American Indian Law Review

No abstract provided.


Validity Of A State Court's Exercise Of Concurrent Jurisdiction Over Civil Actions Arising In Indian Country: Application Of The Indian Abstention Doctrine In State Court, John J. Harte Jan 1997

Validity Of A State Court's Exercise Of Concurrent Jurisdiction Over Civil Actions Arising In Indian Country: Application Of The Indian Abstention Doctrine In State Court, John J. Harte

American Indian Law Review

No abstract provided.


Pathfinder: Tribal, Federal, And State Court Subject Matter Jurisdictional Bounds: Suits Involving Native American Interests, John W. Gillingham Jan 1993

Pathfinder: Tribal, Federal, And State Court Subject Matter Jurisdictional Bounds: Suits Involving Native American Interests, John W. Gillingham

American Indian Law Review

No abstract provided.


Agenda: Innovation In Western Water Law And Management, University Of Colorado Boulder. Natural Resources Law Center Jun 1991

Agenda: Innovation In Western Water Law And Management, University Of Colorado Boulder. Natural Resources Law Center

Innovation in Western Water Law and Management (Summer Conference, June 5-7)

Conference organizers and/or faculty included University of Colorado School of Law professors Lawrence J. MacDonnell, David H. Getches, Charles F. Wilkinson and Richard B. Collins.

Pressures of population, drought, and changing water use have provided the impetus for numerous innovations in water law and management in recent years. The Center's annual conference June 5-7, 1991, will look at innovation and change in five areas--water planning, special water management areas, negotiated settlements of tribal water rights, conjunctive use of ground and surface water, and public values in water decision making. Each session will begin with talks by experts from several western …


Federal Recent Development Jan 1991

Federal Recent Development

American Indian Law Review

No abstract provided.


Sources Of Water Iv: Tribal Water Rights, John E. Echohawk Jun 1990

Sources Of Water Iv: Tribal Water Rights, John E. Echohawk

Moving the West's Water to New Uses: Winners and Losers (Summer Conference, June 6-8)

10 pages.

Contains references.


Agenda: The Federal Impact On State Water Rights, University Of Colorado Boulder. Natural Resources Law Center Jun 1984

Agenda: The Federal Impact On State Water Rights, University Of Colorado Boulder. Natural Resources Law Center

The Federal Impact on State Water Rights (Summer Conference, June 11-13)

Conference organizers and/or speakers included University of Colorado School of Law professors James N. Corbridge, Jr., David H. Getches, Lawrence J. MacDonnell and Richard B. Collins.

In general, water rights are a matter of state law. However, the availability and development of water are affected by important federal rights, policies and programs. In this conference, an outstanding group of private practitioners, government representatives and academics consider this important topic.


Service Of Process And Execution Of Judgement On Indian Reservations, Robert Laurence Jan 1982

Service Of Process And Execution Of Judgement On Indian Reservations, Robert Laurence

American Indian Law Review

No abstract provided.


Children: An Analysis Of Cases Decided Pursuant To The Indian Child Welfare Act Of 1978, Therese Buthod Jan 1982

Children: An Analysis Of Cases Decided Pursuant To The Indian Child Welfare Act Of 1978, Therese Buthod

American Indian Law Review

No abstract provided.


Criminal Jurisdiction: Double Jeopardy In Indian Country, Larry Alan Burns Jan 1978

Criminal Jurisdiction: Double Jeopardy In Indian Country, Larry Alan Burns

American Indian Law Review

No abstract provided.


Water Rights: The Mccarren Amendment And Indian Tribes' Reserved Water Rights, Elizabeth Mccallister Jan 1976

Water Rights: The Mccarren Amendment And Indian Tribes' Reserved Water Rights, Elizabeth Mccallister

American Indian Law Review

No abstract provided.