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Raping Indian Country, Sarah Deer, Elizabeth Kronk Warner
Raping Indian Country, Sarah Deer, Elizabeth Kronk Warner
Utah Law Faculty Scholarship
In this article, we have examined the policies of the Trump Administration as they relate to extractive development on and near Indian country, and policies related to the protection of Native people from rape and sexual assault. As demonstrated above, the Administration’s policies are likely to increase both the environmental and physical vulnerabilities of Native people. Native people will not only likely face exasperated physical insecurity, but their environments will likely be increasingly stripped on natural resources. As a result, the raping of Indian county continues. But, this article is not without hope. At least two ways forward, improvements upon …
Incorporation Without Assimilation: Legislating Tribal Civil Jurisdiction Over Non-Members, Alexander Tallchief Skibine
Incorporation Without Assimilation: Legislating Tribal Civil Jurisdiction Over Non-Members, Alexander Tallchief Skibine
Utah Law Faculty Scholarship
For the last 40 years the Supreme Court has been engaged in a measured attack on the sovereignty of Indian tribes when it comes to tribal court jurisdiction over people who are not members of the tribe asserting that jurisdiction. The Congress has already enacted legislation partially restoring some tribal courts’ criminal jurisdiction over non-members. This Essay proposes to legislatively reconfirm the civil jurisdiction of tribal courts over such non-members. After examining the Supreme Court’s jurisprudence in this area and summarizing the Court’s main concerns with such tribal jurisdiction, this Essay explores various legislative options before settling on a preferred …
Indians, Race, And Criminal Jurisdiction In Indian Country, Alexander Tallchief Skibine
Indians, Race, And Criminal Jurisdiction In Indian Country, Alexander Tallchief Skibine
Utah Law Faculty Scholarship
With the possible exception of the Indian Major Crimes Act, the classification of “Indian” for the purposes of the ICCA and the Duro Fix is not “racial” even if it includes non-enrolled people of Indian ancestry with significant connections to tribal communities. Furthermore, although the first prong of the Rogers test should be eliminated on policy grounds, the holding of the Zepeda court that the first prong could be satisfied by proof of blood quantum from any Indian tribe, recognized or not, is highly suspicious, seems to be arbitrary, and boosts the argument that the classification of “Indian” in such …