This casebook provides an introduction to the legal relationships between American Indian tribes, the federal government and the individual states. The foundational cases are incorporated with statutory text, background material, hypothetical questions, and discussion problems to enliven the classroom experience and enhance student engagement. The second edition includes expanded materials on gaming, international and comparative law, and more photographs, images, and suggestions for links to external sources.

Now in paperback, an important account of ten Supreme Court cases that changed the fate of Native Americans, providing the contemporary historical/political context of each case, and explaining how the decisions have adversely affected the cultural survival of Native people to this day.

Softbound - New, softbound print book.

This Edition shows a continuing trend of Supreme Court decisions that depart from the foundation cases that constituted most of the first Edition and which still dominate the first part of the book. The Edition also addsmaterials on reservation economic development, examinig the role and importance of tribal sovereignty in this area where tribes are gaining ground economically, if not geographically.

This casebook provides a lucid introduction to the legal relationships between American Indian tribes and the federal government and the individual states. With original contextual material, the authors highlight the field's profound contradictions yet also emphasize its application and real world effects. The casebook incorporates the foundational cases with statutory text, hypothetical questions and other learning tools, and photographs and images to enhance student engagement. The chapters also highlight tribal actions that shaping and respond to the law, and include materials on tribal courts, constitutions, and other sovereign institutions. Throughout, students are exposed to differing scholarly views regarding the coherence and effects of this body of law.

Created by the California Research Bureau at the request of Senator John L. Burton, this Web-site is a PDF document on early California laws and policies related to the Indians of the state and focuses on the years 1850-1861. Visitors are invited to explore such topics as loss of lands and cultures, the governors and the militia, reports on the Mendocino War, absence of legal rights, and vagrancy and punishment.