Native American Sovereignty on Trial: A Handbook With Cases, Laws, and Documents

by Wildenthal, Bryan

• ISBN13: 9781576076248
• ISBN10: 1576076245
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-04-01
• Publisher: Abc-Clio Inc

Summary

A survey of Native American tribal law and its place within the framework of the U.S. Constitution from colonial times to today's headlines.

Author Biography

Bryan H. Wildenthal is associate professor and director of the Center for Law and Social Justice at Thomas Jefferson School of Law in San Diego, California.

Table of Contents

Series Foreword	viii
Preface and Acknowledgments	xi
PART ONE
Introduction	3	(14)
Laying the Foundation: Chief Justice Marshall and the Cherokee Cases	8	(2)
Indian Treaty Rights	10	(1)
Tribal Criminal Jurisdiction	11	(1)
Tribal Civil Jurisdiction	12	(2)
Tribal Gambling	14	(1)
References and Further Reading	15	(2)
Historical Background	17	(18)
References and Further Reading	33	(2)
Cases	35	(86)
Laying the Foundation: Chief Justice Marshall and the Cherokee Cases	35	(13)
Indian Treaty Rights	48	(21)
Tribal Criminal Jurisdiction	69	(16)
Tribal Civil Jurisdiction	85	(16)
Tribal Gambling	101	(15)
References and Further Reading	116	(5)
Impact and Legacy	121	(218)
References and Further Reading	128	(5)
PART TWO
Documents	133	(1)
Laying the Foundation: Chief Justice Marshall and the Cherokee Cases	133	(19)
Treaty of Hopewell between the United States and the Cherokee Nation (1785)	133	(3)
Cherokee Nation v. Georgia (1831)	136	(6)
Worcester v. Georgia (1832)	142	(10)
Indian Treaty Rights	152	(33)
Lone Wolf v. Hitchcock (1903)	152	(6)
United States v. Sioux Nation (1980)	158	(13)
Minnesota v. Mille Lacs Band of Chippewa Indians (1999)	171	(14)
Tribal Criminal Jurisdiction	185	(34)
Oliphant v. Suquamish Indian Tribe (1978)	185	(8)
Duro v. Reina (1990)	193	(10)
Treaty of Fort Sumner between the United States and the Navajo Nation (1868)	203	(4)
Means v. Chinle District Court (1999)	207	(12)
Tribal Civil Jurisdiction	219	(24)
Williams v. Lee (1959)	219	(3)
Montana v. United States (1981)	222	(4)
Nevada v. Hicks (2001)	226	(17)
Tribal Gambling	243	(28)
California v. Cabazon Band of Mission Indians (1987)	243	(8)
Hotel Employees Union v. Davis (1999)	251	(8)
Gaming Compact between the State of California and California Indian Tribes (2000)	259	(12)
Key People, Laws, and Concepts	271	(34)
Chronology	305	(12)
Table of Cases and Statutes	317	(8)
Annotated Bibliography	325	(14)
Index	339	(20)
About the Author	359