Federal Court Review of Tribal Courts Rulings in Actions Arising Under Indian Civil Rights Act
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Indian Affairs
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Published: 1992
Total Pages: 292
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Indian Affairs
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Published: 1992
Total Pages: 292
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Indian Affairs
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Published: 1992
Total Pages: 275
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Indian Affairs
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Published: 1992
Total Pages: 280
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: United States Commission on Civil Rights
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Published: 1991
Total Pages: 110
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Frank Pommersheim
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2009-09-02
Total Pages: 425
ISBN-13: 0199888280
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Broken Landscape is a sweeping chronicle of Indian tribal sovereignty under the United States Constitution and the way that legislators have interpreted and misinterpreted tribal sovereignty since the nation's founding. Frank Pommersheim, one of America's leading scholars in Indian tribal law, offers a novel and deeply researched synthesis of this legal history from colonial times to the present, confronting the failures of constitutional analysis in contemporary Indian law jurisprudence. He demonstrates that the federal government has repeatedly failed to respect the Constitution's recognition of tribal sovereignty. Instead, it has favored excessive, unaccountable authority in its dealings with tribes. Pommersheim argues that the Supreme Court has strayed from its Constitutional roots as well, consistently issuing decisions over two centuries that have bolstered federal power over the tribes. Closing with a proposal for a Constitutional amendment that would reaffirm tribal sovereignty, Broken Landscape challenges us to finally accord Indian tribes and Indian people the respect and dignity that are their due.