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Tribal Sovereignty And Economic Efficiency Versus The Courts, Robert J. Miller
Tribal Sovereignty And Economic Efficiency Versus The Courts, Robert J. Miller
Washington Law Review
American Indian reservations are the poorest parts of the United States, and a higher percentage of Indian families across the country live below the poverty line than any other ethnic or racial sector. Indian nations and Indian peoples also suffer from the highest unemployment rates in the country and have the highest substandard housing rates. The vast majority of the over three hundred Indian reservations and the Alaska Native villages do not have functioning economies. This lack of economic activity starves tribal governments of the tax revenues that governments need to function. In response, Indian nations create and operate business …
Lewis V. Clarke, Summer L. Carmack
Lewis V. Clarke, Summer L. Carmack
Public Land & Resources Law Review
One manner in which Indian tribes exercise their inherent sovereignty is by asserting sovereign immunity. In Lewis v. Clarke, the Court decided that the sovereign immunity extended to instrumentalities of tribes did not further extend to tribal employees acting within the scope of their employment. The Court acknowledged the concerns of the lower court, namely, the possibility of setting a precedent allowing future plaintiffs to sidestep a tribe’s sovereign immunity by suing a tribal employee in his individual capacity. However, the Supreme Court ultimately felt that the immunity of tribal employees should not exceed the immunity extended to state …
Another Blow To Tribal Sovereignty: A Look At Cross-Jurisdictional Law-Enforcement Agreements Between Indian Tribes And Local Communities, Andrew G. Hill
Another Blow To Tribal Sovereignty: A Look At Cross-Jurisdictional Law-Enforcement Agreements Between Indian Tribes And Local Communities, Andrew G. Hill
American Indian Law Review
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Federal Preemption: A Roadmap For The Application Of Tribal Law In State Courts, Jackie Gardina
Federal Preemption: A Roadmap For The Application Of Tribal Law In State Courts, Jackie Gardina
American Indian Law Review
This article contends that state courts are not necessarily free to apply state law when the courts are exercising concurrent adjudicative jurisdiction with tribal courts. Instead, Indian law principles of preemption direct state courts to apply tribal law in certain cases. A guiding principle emerges from the preemption analysis: if a tribe has legislative jurisdication over the dispute, tribal law must ordinarily be applied. In these instances, a state's laws, including its choice-of-law rules, are preempted by federal common law because their application interferes with the federal government's and the tribes' interest in promoting tribal self-government, including the tribes' ability …
Bittle V. Bahe: A Drunken Mistake, Brian Alan Burget
Bittle V. Bahe: A Drunken Mistake, Brian Alan Burget
American Indian Law Review
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Maine V. Johnson: A Step In The Wrong Direction For The Tribal Sovereignty Of The Passamaquoddy Tribe And The Penobscot Nation, Whitney Austin Walstad
Maine V. Johnson: A Step In The Wrong Direction For The Tribal Sovereignty Of The Passamaquoddy Tribe And The Penobscot Nation, Whitney Austin Walstad
American Indian Law Review
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Applying Twenty-Five Years Of Experience: The Iowa Indian Child Welfare Act, Kirk Albertson
Applying Twenty-Five Years Of Experience: The Iowa Indian Child Welfare Act, Kirk Albertson
American Indian Law Review
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The De Facto Termination Of Alaska Native Sovereignty: An Anomaly In An Era Of Self-Determination, Benjamin W. Thompson
The De Facto Termination Of Alaska Native Sovereignty: An Anomaly In An Era Of Self-Determination, Benjamin W. Thompson
American Indian Law Review
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"Never Lay A Salmon On The Ground With His Head Toward The River": State Of Washington Sues Yakamas Over Alcohol Ban, Robert J. Haupt
"Never Lay A Salmon On The Ground With His Head Toward The River": State Of Washington Sues Yakamas Over Alcohol Ban, Robert J. Haupt
American Indian Law Review
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The Repeal Of Article 8: Law, Government, And Cultural Politics At Akwesasne, William A. Starna
The Repeal Of Article 8: Law, Government, And Cultural Politics At Akwesasne, William A. Starna
American Indian Law Review
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