Principles of federal Indian law / Matthew L.M. Fletcher, Professor of Law & Director of the Indigenous Law & Policy Center, Michigan State University College of Law.

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Concise hornbook series.
Main Author: Fletcher, Matthew L. M. (Author)
Language:English
Published: St. Paul, MN : West Academic Publishing, [2017]
Series:Concise hornbook series.
Subjects:
Indigenous peoples of North America > Legal status, laws, etc.
Hornbooks (Law)
Genre:
Hornbooks (Law)
Local Note:
LAW: Author Matthew L. M. Fletcher is a Professor of Law & Director of the Indigenous Law & Policy Center for the Michigan State University College of Law.
Physical Description:vii, 375 pages ; 24 cm.
Variant Title:
Federal Indian law [Spine title]
Format: Book
Contents:
  • American Indians and federal Indian law
  • The origins of federal Indian law
  • Centuries of shifting American Indian law and policy
  • Indian property interests
  • The federal-tribal relationship
  • Tribal sovereignty and native nation-building
  • Indian country and criminal jurisdiction
  • Tribal and state conflicts over civil jurisdiction
  • Indian gaming
  • Indian religion and culture
  • Indian water rights
  • Fishing and hunting rights
  • Alaska natives
  • Native Hawaiians.