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Restoring Indian Reservation Status: An Empirical Analysis, Michael K. Velchik, Jeffery Zhang
Restoring Indian Reservation Status: An Empirical Analysis, Michael K. Velchik, Jeffery Zhang
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In McGirt v. Oklahoma, the Supreme Court held that the eastern half of Oklahoma was Indian country. This bombshell decision was contrary to settled expectations and government practices spanning 111 years. It also was representative of an increasing trend of federal courts recognizing Indian sovereignty over large and economically significant areas of the country, even where Indians have not asserted these claims in many years and where Indians form a small minority of the inhabitants.
Although McGirt and similar cases fundamentally turn on questions of statutory and treaty interpretation, they are often couched in consequence-based arguments about the good …
Professionalism In Tribal Jurisdictions, Matthew L.M. Fletcher
Professionalism In Tribal Jurisdictions, Matthew L.M. Fletcher
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American Indian law is an important area of law. There are 12 federally recognized Indian tribes in the state of Michigan.1 Indian tribes throughout the United States do business in Michigan. Indian tribal governments and corporations employ hundreds of thousands of non-Indians and received billions in federal pandemic relief. Indian gaming generated nearly $40 billion in revenues nationally last year. Still, many lawyers ignore the field or claim ignorance about the basic precepts of federal Indian law.
This article will canvass several themes of professionalism in tribal practice, drawing from this author’s tribal law experience over the last few decades. …