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A Man Of Passion And Vision: George Whitewolf, David E. Wilkins 2010 University of Richmond

A Man Of Passion And Vision: George Whitewolf, David E. Wilkins

Jepson School of Leadership Studies articles, book chapters and other publications

George Whitewolf's home was also just a stone's throw from Washington, D.C, and many Natives from the Lakota, Haudenosaunee, Blackfeet, Cheyenne, and countless other nations would stop at George's place for rest and ceremonies as they prepped for their difficult diplomatic visits to Congress and the BIA to discuss treaty rights, protest events like the Longest Walk, and other politically incendiary topics. In the 1970s, George was also very active in the American Indian Movement and his home was under frequent surveillance by the FBI.

Within a few years, George and his allies had made tremendous progress on both fronts …


Measured Sovereignty: The Political Experiences Of Indigenous Peoples As Nations And Individuals, David E. Wilkins 2010 University of Richmond

Measured Sovereignty: The Political Experiences Of Indigenous Peoples As Nations And Individuals, David E. Wilkins

Jepson School of Leadership Studies articles, book chapters and other publications

On June 18, 2001, in Washington, D.C., Jack Abramoff, a powerful Washington lobbyist, met with Michael Scanlon, a former congressional communications director, to secretly discuss a partnership centered around a firm known as "Capi­tol Carnpaign Strategies" (CCS). Their strategy, later labeled as "Gimme Five," was designed to put in $5 million a year to CCS, revenue that was to be secured from several Indian nations that had grown wealthy through gaming operations. Later, the expression "Gimme Five" was understood as entailing major kickbacks to Abramoff from payments made by any of Scanlon's American Indian clients to Scanlon. By late 2004, …


Native Hawaiians And The Ceded Lands Trust: Applying Self-Determination As An Alternative To The Equal Protection Analysis, R. Hōkūlei Lindsey 2010 Southern Illinois University Carbondale

Native Hawaiians And The Ceded Lands Trust: Applying Self-Determination As An Alternative To The Equal Protection Analysis, R. Hōkūlei Lindsey

American Indian Law Review

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The Evolution Of The Applicability Of Erisa To Indian Tribes: We May Finally Have Congressional Intent, But It's Still Flawed, Alicia K. Crawford 2010 University of Oklahoma College of Law

The Evolution Of The Applicability Of Erisa To Indian Tribes: We May Finally Have Congressional Intent, But It's Still Flawed, Alicia K. Crawford

American Indian Law Review

No abstract provided.


Another Blow To Tribal Sovereignty: A Look At Cross-Jurisdictional Law-Enforcement Agreements Between Indian Tribes And Local Communities, Andrew G. Hill 2010 University of Oklahoma College of Law

Another Blow To Tribal Sovereignty: A Look At Cross-Jurisdictional Law-Enforcement Agreements Between Indian Tribes And Local Communities, Andrew G. Hill

American Indian Law Review

No abstract provided.


Wind-Energy Ventures In Indian Country: Fashioning A Functional Problem, Crystal D. Masterson 2010 University of Oklahoma College of Law

Wind-Energy Ventures In Indian Country: Fashioning A Functional Problem, Crystal D. Masterson

American Indian Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Ninth Circuit Court Of Appeals' Enforcement Of The Fair Labor Standards Act In Solis V. Matheson: A Discussion Of Laws Of General Applicability And Their Impact On Tribal Sovereignty And Independence, Doug Nix 2010 University of Oklahoma College of Law

The Ninth Circuit Court Of Appeals' Enforcement Of The Fair Labor Standards Act In Solis V. Matheson: A Discussion Of Laws Of General Applicability And Their Impact On Tribal Sovereignty And Independence, Doug Nix

American Indian Law Review

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Displacing The Judiciary: Customary Law And The Threat Of A Defensive Tribal Council: A Book Review Of Raymond D. Austin, Navajo Courts And Navajo Common Law: A Tradition Of Tribal Self-Governance (2009), Ezra Rosser 2010 University of Oklahoma College of Law

Displacing The Judiciary: Customary Law And The Threat Of A Defensive Tribal Council: A Book Review Of Raymond D. Austin, Navajo Courts And Navajo Common Law: A Tradition Of Tribal Self-Governance (2009), Ezra Rosser

American Indian Law Review

No abstract provided.


Federal Preemption: A Roadmap For The Application Of Tribal Law In State Courts, Jackie Gardina 2010 University of Oklahoma College of Law

Federal Preemption: A Roadmap For The Application Of Tribal Law In State Courts, Jackie Gardina

American Indian Law Review

This article contends that state courts are not necessarily free to apply state law when the courts are exercising concurrent adjudicative jurisdiction with tribal courts. Instead, Indian law principles of preemption direct state courts to apply tribal law in certain cases. A guiding principle emerges from the preemption analysis: if a tribe has legislative jurisdication over the dispute, tribal law must ordinarily be applied. In these instances, a state's laws, including its choice-of-law rules, are preempted by federal common law because their application interferes with the federal government's and the tribes' interest in promoting tribal self-government, including the tribes' ability …


Values In Transition: The Chiricahua Apache From 1886-1914, John W. Ragsdale Jr. 2010 University of Missouri - Kansas City, School of Law

Values In Transition: The Chiricahua Apache From 1886-1914, John W. Ragsdale Jr.

American Indian Law Review

Law confirms but seldom determines the course of a society. Values and beliefs, instead, are the true polestars, incrementally implemented by the laws, customs, and policies. The Chiricahua Apache, a tribal society of hunters, gatherers, and raiders in the mountains and deserts of the Southwest, were squeezed between the growing populations and economies of the United States and Mexico. Raiding brought response, reprisal, and ultimately confinement at the loathsome San Carlos Reservation. Though most Chiricahua submitted to the beginnings of assimilation, a number of the hardiest and least malleable did not. Periodic breakouts, wild raids through New Mexico and Arizona, …


Just Say No (To American Capitalism): Why American Indians Should Reject The Model Tribal Secured Transactions Act And Other Attempts To Promote Economic Assimilation, Aaron Drue Johnson 2010 University of Oklahoma College of Law

Just Say No (To American Capitalism): Why American Indians Should Reject The Model Tribal Secured Transactions Act And Other Attempts To Promote Economic Assimilation, Aaron Drue Johnson

American Indian Law Review

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The Conflict Between State Tests Of Tribal Entity Immunity And The Congressional Policy Of Indian Self-Determination, Aaron F.W. Meek 2010 University of Oklahoma College of Law

The Conflict Between State Tests Of Tribal Entity Immunity And The Congressional Policy Of Indian Self-Determination, Aaron F.W. Meek

American Indian Law Review

No abstract provided.


Defining Indian Status For The Purpose Of Federal Criminal Jurisdiction, Katharine C. Oakley 2010 University of Oklahoma College of Law

Defining Indian Status For The Purpose Of Federal Criminal Jurisdiction, Katharine C. Oakley

American Indian Law Review

No abstract provided.


When Canons Go To War In Indian Country, Guess Who Wins? Barrett V. United States: Tax Canons And Canons Of Construction In The Federal Taxation Of American Indians, John Lentz 2010 University of Oklahoma College of Law

When Canons Go To War In Indian Country, Guess Who Wins? Barrett V. United States: Tax Canons And Canons Of Construction In The Federal Taxation Of American Indians, John Lentz

American Indian Law Review

No abstract provided.


Worcester V. Georgia: A Breakdown In The Separation Of Powers, Matthew L. Sundquist 2010 University of Oklahoma College of Law

Worcester V. Georgia: A Breakdown In The Separation Of Powers, Matthew L. Sundquist

American Indian Law Review

No abstract provided.


Food Fish, Commercial Fish, And Fish To Support A Moderate Livelihood: Characterizing Aboriginal And Treaty Rights To Canadian Fisheries, Douglas C. Harris, Peter Millerd 2010 Allard School of Law at the University of British Columbia

Food Fish, Commercial Fish, And Fish To Support A Moderate Livelihood: Characterizing Aboriginal And Treaty Rights To Canadian Fisheries, Douglas C. Harris, Peter Millerd

All Faculty Publications

The Aboriginal peoples of Canada stand in a different legal relationship to the fisheries than non-Aboriginal Canadians. They do so by virtue of a long history with the fisheries that precedes non-Aboriginal settlement in North America, and because of the constitutional entrenchment of Aboriginal and treaty rights in Canadian law. This article describes the characterizations of Aboriginal and treaty rights to fish in Canadian law and discusses what it means for rights characterized in terms of food fishing, commercial fishing, and fishing to support a moderate livelihood, to receive constitutional protection. The article then problematizes these characterizations and suggests that …


The Stories We Tell, And Have Told, About Tribal Sovereignty: Legal Fictions At Their Most Pernicious, Hope M. Babcock 2010 Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law

The Stories We Tell, And Have Told, About Tribal Sovereignty: Legal Fictions At Their Most Pernicious, Hope M. Babcock

Villanova Law Review (1956 - )

No abstract provided.


Reconciling The Sovereignty Of Indian Tribes In Civil Matters With The Montana Line Of Cases, Douglas B. L. Endreson 2010 Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law

Reconciling The Sovereignty Of Indian Tribes In Civil Matters With The Montana Line Of Cases, Douglas B. L. Endreson

Villanova Law Review (1956 - )

No abstract provided.


Crow Dog Vs. Spotted Tail: Case Closed, Timothy Connors, Vivek Sankaran 2010 Washtenaw County Circuit Court

Crow Dog Vs. Spotted Tail: Case Closed, Timothy Connors, Vivek Sankaran

Articles

In 1868, Chief Spotted Tail signed a United States government treaty with an X. Spotted Tail was a member of the Brule Sioux Tribe, related by marriage to Crazy Horse. The government treaty recognized the Black Hills as part of the Great Sioux reservation. As such, exclusive use of the Black Hills by the Sioux people was guaranteed. Monroe, Michigan, native Gen. George Custer changed all that. In 1874, he led an expedition into that protected land, announced the discovery of gold, and the rush of prospectors followed. Within two years, Custer attacked at Little Big Horn and met his …


Power Without Law: The Supreme Court Of Canada, The Marshall Decisions, And The Failure Of Judicial Activism, Diana Ginn 2010 Dalhousie University Schulich School of Law

Power Without Law: The Supreme Court Of Canada, The Marshall Decisions, And The Failure Of Judicial Activism, Diana Ginn

Articles, Book Chapters, & Popular Press

In Power Without Law, author Alex Cameron strongly criticizes "incautious judicial activism" which allows the law to become "too malleable to personal judicial predilection."' Cameron makes his arguments primarily through an analysis of a 1999 decision of the Supreme Court of Canada, R v Marshall (No 1)," in which the majority of the Court held that Aboriginal peoples in the Maritimes have a treaty right to hunt, fish and gather, and to sell the products of these activities in order to provide themselves with a moderate livelihood. Cameron also comments on two subsequent and closely related decisions, R v Marshall …


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