American Indian Sovereignty and Law

An Annotated Bibliography

Wade Davies, Richmond L. Clow

• Publisher: Scarecrow Press
• Year: 2009
• Edition: 1
• eBook ISBN:
  9780810862364
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: North American History
• Index: History

American Indian Sovereignty and Law: An Annotated Bibliography covers a wide variety of topics and includes sources dealing with federal Indian policy, federal and tribal courts, criminal justice, tribal governance, religious freedoms, economic development, and numerous sub-topics related to tribal and individual rights. While primarily focused on the years 1900 to the present, many sources are included that focus on the 19th century or earlier.

The annotations included in this reference will help researchers know enough about the arguments and contents of each source to determine its usefulness. Whenever a clear central argument is made in an article or book, it is stated in the entry, unless that argument is made implicit by the title of that entry. Each annotation also provides factual information about the primary topic under discussion. In some cases, annotations list topics that compose a significant portion of an author's discussion but are not obvious from the title of the entry. American Indian Sovereignty and Law will be extremely useful in both studying Native American topics and researching current legal and political actions affecting tribal sovereignty.

Table of contents

• Editor’s Foreword
• Introduction
• Chapter 1 Overviews of Law and Sovereignty
• Chapter 2 Twentieth-Century Sovereignty Overviews—Tribally Specific
• Chapter 3 Treaties, Land Sales, and Treaty Rights
• Chapter 4 Nineteenth-Century Removal and Resettlement
• Chapter 5 Reservation Policy: Establishment, Diminishment, and Disestablishment
• Chapter 6 Land Allotment and Land Consolidation
• Chapter 7 Twentieth-Century Federal Indian Policy
• Chapter 8 Indian New Deal
• Chapter 9 Sovereign Status, Termination, and Recognition
• Chapter 10 Self-Determination and Tribal Assumption of Federal Programs
• Chapter 11 Twentieth-Century Activists and Reformers
• Chapter 12 Trust Status, Guardianship, and Trust Funds
• Chapter 13 Federal Plenary Power
• Chapter 14 Tribal Governance, Constitutions, and Leadership
• Chapter 15 Tribal–State Relations
• Chapter 16 Sovereign Immunity
• Chapter 17 Tribal Law and Legal Codes
• Chapter 18 Tribal Courts and Dispute Resolution
• Chapter 19 Federal and State Courts
• Chapter 20 Marshall Trilogy
• Chapter 21 Federal–State–Tribal Court Relations
• Chapter 22 Attorneys, Legal Aid, and Law Associations
• Chapter 23 Law Enforcement Agencies
• Chapter 24 Criminal Justice and Prisoners’ Rights
• Chapter 25 Jurisdiction Overviews and Regulatory Powers
• Chapter 26 Criminal Jurisdiction
• Chapter 27 Land Law and Property Rights
• Chapter 28 Land Claims and the Indian Claims Commissions
• Chapter 29 Religious Freedom
• Chapter 30 Peyote and the Native American Church
• Chapter 31 Sacred Sites Protection
• Chapter 32 Cultural Items and Ancestral Remains
• Chapter 33 Intellectual Property, Artists’ Protections, Free Speech, and Mascots
• Chapter 34 “Indian” Identity, Tribal Enrollment, and U.S./State Citizenship
• Chapter 35 Voting and Lobbying
• Chapter 36 Civil Rights Legislation, Litigation, and Individual Rights
• Chapter 37 Racial Discrimination, Exclusion, and Hiring Preference
• Chapter 38 Economic Development and Labor Relations
• Chapter 39 Agriculture and Livestock
• Chapter 40 Timber Resources
• Chapter 41 Water Law
• Chapter 42 Fishing, Whaling, Hunting, and Gathering
• Chapter 43 Mineral and Oil Rights and Environmental Issues
• Chapter 44 Environmental Protection and Natural Resource Management
• Chapter 45 Gaming
• Chapter 46 Taxation
• Chapter 47 Family Law and the Indian Child Welfare Act
• Chapter 48 Poverty, Housing, Welfare, and other Social Services
• Chapter 49 Health Care: Twentieth-Century Policy and Patient Rights
• Chapter 50 Education: Twentieth-Century Policy and Lawsuits
• Chapter 51 Alcohol, Drugs, and Tobacco Regulation
• Chapter 52 Urban and Off-Reservation Populations
• Chapter 53 Women’s Rights and Issues
• Chapter 54 Alaska Natives
• Chapter 55 International Law, Borders, and Comparative Studies
• Chapter 56 Special Topics
• Chapter 57 Bibliographies and Research Collections
• About the Authors