American Indians and the law / N. Bruce Duthu.

Indian tribes have a legal status unique among America's racial and ethnic groups: they are also sovereign governments that engage in governmental relations with Congress. The self-rule of Native tribes long predates the founding of the United States, and that peculiar status has led to legal and po...

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Main Author: Duthu, N. Bruce
Language:English
Published: New York : Viking, 2008.
Series:Penguin library of American Indian history.
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Physical Description:xxx, 270 pages ; 20 cm.
Format: Book

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505 0 |a The dignity of tribal governments -- 1978 : a watershed year in Indian law -- Creeping constitutionalism from the temple -- Identifying the contours of Indian country -- Stewards of the natural world -- Revitalizing tribal economies -- Individual rights and tribal communal interests -- A question of institutional fit -- Avoiding mistakes of the past -- Conventions on tribal sovereignty. 
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