Native American sovereignty on trial
Subtitle: a handbook with cases, laws, and documents
By: Bryan H. Wildenthal.
Series: ABC-CLIO's on trial series; On trial
Publisher: ABC-CLIO
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Santa Barbara, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 359
Subjects: Indians of North America -- Legal status, laws, etc.; Indians of North America -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Cases.
Genres: Cases.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 325-337) and index.
Table of contents: value: Pt. I. Introduction; value: Historical background; value: Cases; value: Impact and legacy; value: Pt. II. Documents. Laying the foundation: Chief Justice Marshall and the Cherokee Cases. Treaty of Hopewell between the United States and the Cherokee Nation (1785) ; Cherokee Nation v. Georgia (1831) ; Worcester v. Georgia (1832) ; Indian treaty rights. Lone Wolf v. Hitchcock (1903) ; United States v. Sioux Nation (1980) ; Minnesota v. Mille Lacs Band of Chippewa Indians (1999) ; Tribal criminal jurisdiction. Oliphant v. Suquamish Indian Tribe (1978) ; Duro v. Reina (1990) ; Treaty of Fort Sumner between the United States and the Navajo Nation (1868) ; Means v. Chinle District Court (1999); value: Tribal civil jurisdiction. Williams v. Lee (1959) ; Montana v. United States (1981) ; Nevada v. Hicks (2001) ; Tribal gambling. California v. Cabazon Band of Mission Indians (1987) ; Hotel Employees Union v. Davis (1999) ; Gaming compact between the State of California and California Indian tribes (2000) ; Key people, laws, and concepts ; Chronology.