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The Public Lands And The National Heritage, Charles F. Wilkinson
The Public Lands And The National Heritage, Charles F. Wilkinson
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Real Property And Peoplehood, Kristen A. Carpenter
Real Property And Peoplehood, Kristen A. Carpenter
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This Article proposes a theory of real property and peoplehood in which lands essential to the identity and survival of collective groups are entitled to heightened legal protection. Although many Americans are sympathetic to American Indian tribes and their quest for cultural survival, we remain unable to confront the uncomfortable truth that the very thing Indian peoples need is their land, the same land that the U.S. took from them. This is especially the case with regard to the sacred sites of Indian peoples, whose religions and cultures are inextricably linked to those sites. Federal law permits the United States …