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The Standing Rock Sioux Indians: An Inconvenience For Black Gold, Alina Yohannan Jan 2016

The Standing Rock Sioux Indians: An Inconvenience For Black Gold, Alina Yohannan

University of Baltimore Journal of Land and Development

The issue of the Native American (“Indian”) tribes’ rights to their lands started with the application of the European doctrine of discovery, continued with series of wars and population decimations, and finished with broken treaties and territorial occupations. After centuries of struggle for land and sovereignty, Indians still fight for their rights to the North American territories.

The lawsuit brought by the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (“the Corps”) is the latest and most publicized in recent years. The Tribe’s main concerns are the passing of a major crude-oil pipeline (Dakota Access Pipeline, or …


The Native American Graves Protection And Repatriation Act: The Death Knell For Scientific Study?, Renee M. Kosslak Jan 1999

The Native American Graves Protection And Repatriation Act: The Death Knell For Scientific Study?, Renee M. Kosslak

American Indian Law Review

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The Four Corners Power Complex: Pollution On The Reservation, Laurence A. Mchugh Jul 1972

The Four Corners Power Complex: Pollution On The Reservation, Laurence A. Mchugh

Indiana Law Journal

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