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Indigenous Rights Wronged: Extinguishing Native Title In New Zealand, Geoffrey Wg Leane Apr 2006

Indigenous Rights Wronged: Extinguishing Native Title In New Zealand, Geoffrey Wg Leane

Dalhousie Law Journal

This article is an account of a recent controversy in New Zealand regarding the common law native title rights of indigenous Maori people to a possible title in certain areas of the foreshore and seabed. In overturning its own precedent the New Zealand Court of Appeal had opened the door to such claims. However, the legislature, overwhelmingly supported by the majority non-Maori population, moved quickly to extinguish the inchoate rights with no guarantee of fair compensation. The lack of any constitutional protection ofcivil and political rights, and the absence of alternative institutional checks and balances, allowed the legislation to proceed …


Constitutional Realism About Constitutional Protection: Indigenous Rights Under A Judicialized And A Politicized Constitution, Matthew Sr Palmer Apr 2006

Constitutional Realism About Constitutional Protection: Indigenous Rights Under A Judicialized And A Politicized Constitution, Matthew Sr Palmer

Dalhousie Law Journal

This article assesses the comparative effectiveness of constitutional protection of indigenous rights in Canada and New Zealand using a perspective of "constitutional realism". The two constitutions offer a useful contrast of similar systems distinguished by distinctly contrasting directions over the past twentyfive years. The reality of Canadas constitutional development has seen more power accrue to the judicial branch of government. The reality of New Zealand's constitutional development has seen more power accrue to the political branches ofgovernment. The article considers the reality of the behaviour of these branches of government in each jurisdiction in relation to indigenous rights. It finds …


The Pocahontas Exception: American Indians And Exceptionalism In Virginia’S Racial Integrity Act Of 1924, Kevin Noble Maillard Mar 2006

The Pocahontas Exception: American Indians And Exceptionalism In Virginia’S Racial Integrity Act Of 1924, Kevin Noble Maillard

ExpressO

Most scholarship on Loving v. Virginia (1967) briefly mentions the “Pocahontas Exception,” a subsection of Virginia’s Racial Integrity Act of 1924 which counted persons of limited American Indian ancestry as white. However, few of these works raise the issue outside of a footnote. This article addresses the treatment of Native American ancestry as a curious exception to the threat of racial impurity. Virginia’s antimiscegenation statute sought to eradicate stealth intrusions of tainted blood into the white race, which proponents believed to be threatened “by the quagmire of mongrelization.” Exempted from this racial policing regime were those influential whites, the “First …


Choosing Tribal Law: Why State Choice-Of-Law Principles Should Apply To Disputes With Tribal Contacts, Katherine J. Florey Mar 2006

Choosing Tribal Law: Why State Choice-Of-Law Principles Should Apply To Disputes With Tribal Contacts, Katherine J. Florey

ExpressO

This article considers a problem in Indian law that has been much commented upon but little explored: When a state court exercises jurisdiction over a case with tribal contacts, what law should govern? While the Supreme Court has developed a detailed set of rules dictating whether cases with tribal contacts should be heard in a state or tribal forum, it has devoted almost no attention to the question of which law should apply once a forum has been chosen. Thus, many state courts have simply assumed, without explicit consideration of the issue, that state law should apply to any case …


Antarrashtriya Dand Nyayalaya Aur Bharat: Kuch Sawaal-Jawaab, Saumya Uma Mar 2006

Antarrashtriya Dand Nyayalaya Aur Bharat: Kuch Sawaal-Jawaab, Saumya Uma

Saumya Uma

This is the Hindi translation of the publication 'International Criminal Court & India: Some Questions & Answers'


Danda Mukti Ko Virodh, Vahida Nainar, Saumya Uma Mar 2006

Danda Mukti Ko Virodh, Vahida Nainar, Saumya Uma

Saumya Uma

This is a Hindi translation of the English publication 'Combating Impunity'


A Uniform Probate Code For Indian Country At Last, David M. English Mar 2006

A Uniform Probate Code For Indian Country At Last, David M. English

Faculty Publications

AIPRA makes major reforms to the Indian probate system. Federal law long provided that trust or restricted lands and IlM accounts owned by an Indian intestate are to be distributed to the heirs as determined under state law. AIPRA replaces this with one uniform intestacy scheme for the distribution of trust lands and IJIM accounts in lieu of the 30-plus state systems that now apply. AIPRA also fills out the federal law on wills, enacting numerous provisions on the interpretation of wills, most adapted from the Uniform Probate Code. In addition to providing Indian country with a uniform and more …


South Dakota Tribal Court Handbook (Revised Edition), Frank Pommersheim Mar 2006

South Dakota Tribal Court Handbook (Revised Edition), Frank Pommersheim

Frank Pommersheim

The South Dakota Tribal Court Handbook is designed to provide an informative and ready resource for the practicing bar in South Dakota as well as for the tribal and statewide community at large. The overarching objective of this effort is to facilitate ongoing communication, understanding, and respect for tribal courts and tribal court personnel.


Law, Narrative, And The Continuing Colonist Oppression Of Native Hawaiians, David Barnard Feb 2006

Law, Narrative, And The Continuing Colonist Oppression Of Native Hawaiians, David Barnard

ExpressO

The article does three things. First, and for the first time, it brings to bear the perspectives of critical race theory, postcolonial theory, and narrative theory on the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2000 decision in Rice v. Cayetano, which dealt a severe blow to Native Hawaiians’ struggles for redress and reparations for a century of dispossession and impoverishment at the hands of the United States. Second, it demonstrates in the concrete case of Hawaii the power of a particular historical narrative—when it is accepted uncritically by the Supreme Court—to render the law itself into an instrument of colonial domination. Third, it …


Chickasaw Nation: Interpreting A Broken Statute, Erik M. Jensen Feb 2006

Chickasaw Nation: Interpreting A Broken Statute, Erik M. Jensen

Faculty Publications

This report discusses the Supreme Court's 2001 decision in Chickasaw Nation v. United States, in which the Supreme Court interpreted a provision of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act that contained contradictory phrases - one suggesting that Indian tribes were exempt from some occupational and excise taxes and one suggesting the contrary. The statute on its face made no sense, and the legislative history was of little help in resolving the ambiguity. Although the statute was clearly broken, the Court concluded that no ambiguity existed and that Congress did not intend to exempt tribes from those various wagering taxes. The author …


Australia's "New Arrangements In Indigenous Affairs": A New Approach Or A New Paternalism?, Joshua M. Piper Feb 2006

Australia's "New Arrangements In Indigenous Affairs": A New Approach Or A New Paternalism?, Joshua M. Piper

Washington International Law Journal

The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (“ATSIC”) opened its doors in 1990 with the main objectives of advising the Australian Commonwealth Government (“Government”) on Indigenous policy and providing services for Indigenous communities and individuals. Fifteen years later, with Indigenous living standards still well behind other Australians, the Government deemed ATSIC a failure and abruptly gutted and abolished the Commission. At the same time, the government transitioned to its New Arrangements in Indigenous Affairs program (“New Arrangements”). The New Arrangements are based on two fundamental ideas: better coordination between governments and agencies; and, most important, engaging and empowering Indigenous communities …


Using International Law More Effectively To Secure And Advance Indigenous Peoples' Rights: Towards Enforcement In U.S. And Australian Domestic Courts, John D. Smelcer Feb 2006

Using International Law More Effectively To Secure And Advance Indigenous Peoples' Rights: Towards Enforcement In U.S. And Australian Domestic Courts, John D. Smelcer

Washington International Law Journal

Over the past three decades, indigenous peoples have effected a remarkable redefinition of their status and rights under international law, giving rise to an emerging distinct customary international law of indigenous peoples’ rights. Though that process is ongoing, the next critical step is enforcing these congealing rights “at home” in the domestic courts of indigenous peoples’ surrounding nations. Australia and the United States provide the most difficult and most revealing contexts in which to explore the possibilities and limitations of this necessary next step. The direct enforcement of the emerging customary international law of indigenous peoples’ rights is not yet …


American Indians, Crime, And The Law, Kevin K. Washburn Feb 2006

American Indians, Crime, And The Law, Kevin K. Washburn

Michigan Law Review

This Article evaluates the federal Indian country criminal justice regime, not against norms of Indian law and policy, but against those of criminal law and policy. Specifically, this Article evaluates the federal constitutional norms that lie at the heart of American criminal justice and that are designed to ensure the legitimacy of federal criminal trials. Toward that end, Part I presents a critical description of key facets of the federal Indian country criminal justice system. Part II begins the critical evaluation by evaluating a key institutional player in the federal system, the federal prosecutor. It highlights the handicaps faced by …


American Indian Tribes And Secession, Erik M. Jensen Jan 2006

American Indian Tribes And Secession, Erik M. Jensen

Faculty Publications

Critics of American Indian law have often complained about federal interference in the internal affairs of American Indian nations. The author ponders how independent the critics really want American Indian nations to be and whether secession theory might help us think about the theory and practice of really independent American Indian nations.


Monroe G. Mckay And American Indian Law: In Honor Of Judge Mckay’S Tenth Anniversary On The Federal Bench, Erik M. Jensen Jan 2006

Monroe G. Mckay And American Indian Law: In Honor Of Judge Mckay’S Tenth Anniversary On The Federal Bench, Erik M. Jensen

Faculty Publications

This essay, written in honor of Judge Monroe G. McKay's tenth anniversary as a member of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, considers the difficulty of justifying a separatist policy for the American Indian; examines the opinions authored by Judge McKay in American Indian law cases; and discusses the McKay opinions and the issue of separation.


Fallon Paiute Shoshone Tribes Settlement Act Of 2006, United States 109th Congress Jan 2006

Fallon Paiute Shoshone Tribes Settlement Act Of 2006, United States 109th Congress

Native American Water Rights Settlement Project

Federal Legislation: Fallon Paiute Shoshone Tribes Settlement Act of 2006 in Native American Technical Corrections Act of 2006 (PL 109-221, Sec. 104, 120 Stat. 336) This Act amends Sec. 102 of the Fallon Paiute Shoshone Indian Tribes Water Rights Settlement Act of 1990. The amendment concerns restructuring of management of Fallon Paiute Shoshone Tribes Settlement Fund. [Source: http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/PLAW-109publ221/pdf/PLAW-109publ221.pdf]


Can A State Tax The Fuel That Is Sold By Non-Indian Distributors To A Tribal Gas Station, Bethany Berger Jan 2006

Can A State Tax The Fuel That Is Sold By Non-Indian Distributors To A Tribal Gas Station, Bethany Berger

Faculty Articles and Papers

No abstract provided.


Regional Projects Require Regional Planning: Human Rights Impacts Arising From Infrastructure Projects, Abby Rubinson Jan 2006

Regional Projects Require Regional Planning: Human Rights Impacts Arising From Infrastructure Projects, Abby Rubinson

Michigan Journal of International Law

Regional projects require regional planning to avoid potentially disastrous environmental and human rights abuses. Focusing on the Rio Madeira project in Brazil as a case study in the impacts of infrastructure projects, this Note identifies the harm anticipated from these projects and highlights the need for verification of official predictions of such harm. It then proceeds to a legal analysis, addressing the applicable international law, Brazilian law, and regional legal frameworks and outlining the negative legal consequences arising from inadequate impact assessments. In light of these negative legal implications, the Note concludes by illustrating the need to proceed with planning …


Healing The Bishop: Consent And The Legal Erasure Of Colonial History, Jennifer Anne Hamilton Jan 2006

Healing The Bishop: Consent And The Legal Erasure Of Colonial History, Jennifer Anne Hamilton

Studio for Law and Culture

During the summer of 1998, Hubert O’Connor, a white Catholic bishop and former Indian residential school principal in British Columbia, participated in what a local magazine termed “a centuries-old native ceremony”: an indigenous healing circle. In 1991, O’Connor was indicted on criminal charges for sexual offences he had allegedly committed some thirty years earlier against five indigenous women, all of whom were his former students and/or employees. While O’Connor acknowledged having sexual relations with these women, he denied having committed any illegal acts, maintaining that these relationships had been consensual. While the trial court originally convicted O’Connor of rape and …


Some Legal Considerations Concerning Saami Rights In Saltwater, Elisabeth Einarsbøl Jan 2006

Some Legal Considerations Concerning Saami Rights In Saltwater, Elisabeth Einarsbøl

Aboriginal Policy Research Consortium International (APRCi)

The rights of the coastal Saami form the focus for this paper, which has been written by one of the advisers at the GÁLDU Resource Centre for the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. It explores the views on the rights of the coastal Saami that prevail today in the light of earlier perceptions and practices within sea fishing. The challenge is to attempt to say something about what this development entails in purely legal terms. The paper is one of the first to seek to provide an overview of what has been done with regard to surveys and research in the …


The Potential Passage Of Proposed Senate Bill 147 And Its Implication On Native Hawaiians And Gaming, Lindsay Goodner Jan 2006

The Potential Passage Of Proposed Senate Bill 147 And Its Implication On Native Hawaiians And Gaming, Lindsay Goodner

American Indian Law Review

No abstract provided.


Recognizing The Full Scope Of The Right To Take Fish Under The Stevens Treaties: The History Of Fishing Rights Litigation In The Pacific Northwest, Vincent Mulier Jan 2006

Recognizing The Full Scope Of The Right To Take Fish Under The Stevens Treaties: The History Of Fishing Rights Litigation In The Pacific Northwest, Vincent Mulier

American Indian Law Review

No abstract provided.


Indian Land Claims: Sherrill And The Impending Legacy Of The Doctine Of Laches, Patrick W. Wandres Jan 2006

Indian Land Claims: Sherrill And The Impending Legacy Of The Doctine Of Laches, Patrick W. Wandres

American Indian Law Review

No abstract provided.


Is The Ncaa Prohibition Of Native American Mascots From Championship Play A Violation Of The Sherman Antitrust Act, Ryan Fulda Jan 2006

Is The Ncaa Prohibition Of Native American Mascots From Championship Play A Violation Of The Sherman Antitrust Act, Ryan Fulda

American Indian Law Review

No abstract provided.


Vine Of The Dead: Reviving Equal Protection Rites For Religious Drug Use, David Garrett Jan 2006

Vine Of The Dead: Reviving Equal Protection Rites For Religious Drug Use, David Garrett

American Indian Law Review

No abstract provided.


Winner, Best Appellate Brief In The 2006 Native American Law Student Association Moot Court Competition, Sean P. Krispinsky, Sarah J. Bannister Jan 2006

Winner, Best Appellate Brief In The 2006 Native American Law Student Association Moot Court Competition, Sean P. Krispinsky, Sarah J. Bannister

American Indian Law Review

No abstract provided.


Winner, Best Appellate Brief In The 2005 Native American Law Student Association Moot Court Competition, Brian Mcclatchey, Paul Porter Jan 2006

Winner, Best Appellate Brief In The 2005 Native American Law Student Association Moot Court Competition, Brian Mcclatchey, Paul Porter

American Indian Law Review

No abstract provided.


Liberalism And Republicanism: In Federal Indian Law, Bethany Berger Jan 2006

Liberalism And Republicanism: In Federal Indian Law, Bethany Berger

Faculty Articles and Papers

This essay shows the ways that, despite apparent contradictions, tribal claims fit within the liberal and republican strands of American democratic theory. Critics of tribal sovereignty and, I believe, the modern Supreme Court, are influenced by the seeming conflict between tribal interests and a liberal philosophical framework. I argue that properly understood, most tribal claims do fit within classical liberal theory, with its emphasis on equality and freedom. It is true that some tribal claims are distinctly those of groups or peoples, and so cannot be adequately captured by an individualist liberal framework. Drawing on the later work of John …


The Moiwana Village Case, Claudia Martin Jan 2006

The Moiwana Village Case, Claudia Martin

Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals

Moiwana Village is the second case to be decided by the Inter-American Court on Human Rights against Suriname in which the victims are members of an ethnic community that descends from'Bush Negroes' or 'Maroons', namely escaped former slaves who established new autonomous communities in the eastern part of Suriname. In contrast to its prior judgment, in Moiwana the Court shows a striking evolution in its case law regarding the treatment of ethnic or group rights. This approach, which may be traced back to previous case law on the rights of indigenous communities, affords an enhanced protection to members of an …


Caution, Cooperative Agreements, And The Actual State Of Things: A Reply To Professor Fletcher, Ezra Rosser Jan 2006

Caution, Cooperative Agreements, And The Actual State Of Things: A Reply To Professor Fletcher, Ezra Rosser

Ezra Rosser

This short article argues that tribal governments considering entering into cooperative agreements with federal, state, or local governments ought to maintain a healthy skepticism regarding the non-tribal governments sitting across from them at the negotiating table and the appropriateness of entering into cooperative agreements.