Native Americans and the law : a dictionary / Gary A. Sokolow.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sokolow, Gary A.

Series:

Contemporary legal issues

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians of North America--Legal status, laws, etc--Dictionaries.

Indians of North America.

Indians of North America--Legal status, laws, etc.

Genre:

Dictionaries.

Physical Description:

xv, 278 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, [2000]

Summary:

Conservation, immigration, religion, sexuality. These are some of the complex and controversial legal issues confronting Americans today. In easy-to-reference A-to-Z formats, the books in the Contemporary Legal Issues series offer the people, the organizations, the legislation, and the legal decisions surrounding society's thorniest issues.-- An overview of the topic-- Approximately 200 comprehensive entries on concepts, court decisions, people, and organizations-- Bibliography, table of cases, and index

The A -- Z entries in this volume answer the most commonly asked questions about the laws as they affect Native Americans.-- Entries provide coverage of key court decisions, case studies, concepts, individuals, tribes, organizations, and agencies-- Authoritative coverage of the subject matter provided by an author who has practiced law and served as a judge in various tribal courts

Contents:

Aboriginal Possession or Title 19

Administration for Native Americans 19

Administrative Law 20

Administrative Procedures Act of 1946 21

Adverse Possession 21

Agency Superintendent 22

Ahupua'a 22

Alaska Allotment Policy 22

Alaska Federation of Natives 23

Alaska Indian Reorganization Act of 1936 23

Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act of 1980 24

Alaska Native Brotherhood and Sisterhood 25

Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971 26

Alaska V. Native Village of Venetie Tribal Government (1998) 33

Allotments 34

American Indian Movement 35

American Indian Policy Review Commission 35

American Indian Religious Freedom Act of 1978 36

Area Director 37

Arizona v. California (1963) 37

Assimilation 38

Assimilative Crimes Act of 1825 38

Association on American Indian Affairs 39

Bill of Rights 41

Blood Quantum 43

Brendale v. Confederated Tribes and Bands of Yakima (1989) 44

Bryan v. Itasca County (1976) 44

Bureau of Indian Affairs 45

Bureau of Land Management 47

Burke Act of 1906 47

Buy Indian Act of 1908 48

California v. Cabazon Band of Mission Indians (1987) 49

Canons of Construction 49

Ceded Lands Trust 51

Checkerboard Lands 52

Cherokee Nation v. Georgia (1831) 52

Choice of Law 53

Citizenship Act of 1924 54

Civil Jurisdiction 54

Civil Rights 58

Code of Federal Regulations 59

Code of Federal Regulations Court 59

Collier, John (1884-1968) 60

Comity 61

Commissioner of Indian Affairs 61

Concurrent Jurisdiction 61

Cooperative Association 62

Corporation 62

Council of Energy Resource Tribes 63

Criminal Jurisdiction 63

Declaratory Judgment 69

DeCoteau v. District County Court (1975) 69

Deeded Lands 70

Delegated Powers 70

Department of Hawaiian Home Lands 71

Department of Housing and Urban Development 71

Department of the Interior 72

Dependent Indian Community 72

Diminished Reservation 73

Doctrine of Discovery 74

Domestic Dependent Nation 75

Due Process 75

Easement 77

Economic Development Administration 77

Eminent Domain 78

Enrollment Process 78

Equal Protection Clause 80

Establishment Clause 80

Ex Parte Crow Dog (1883) 81

Exclusion from Reservation 81

Exclusive Jurisdiction 82

Executive Order 82

Executive Order Reservation 83

Exhaustion of Remedies Doctrine 83

Extradition 84

Federal Enclave 87

Federal Tort Claims Act of 1946 87

Federally Recognized Tribe 88

Fee Patent 90

Fee Simple 91

Fractionalized Interests 92

Full Faith and Credit Clause 92

Gaming Compact 95

General Allotment Act of 1887 96

Groundwater 98

Guardianship 98

Habeas Corpus 99

Hawaii Admission Act of 1959 99

Hawaii Homes Commission 100

Hawaii Homes Commission Act of 1921 100

House Concurrent Resolution 108 (1953) 102

Impact Aid 103

Indian 103

Indian Arts and Crafts Act of 1990 104

Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 105

Indian Civil Rights Act of 1968 111

Indian Claims Commission 116

Indian Commerce Clause 117

Indian Country 117

Indian Country Crimes Act of 1948 118

Indian Education Act of 1972 119

Indian Financing Act of 1974 120

Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988 120

Indian Health Care Improvement Act of 1976 121

Indian Health Service 122

Indian Hunting and Fishing Rights 122

Indian Land Consolidation Act of 1982 127

Indian Law Resource Center 128

Indian Preference 129

Indian Probates 130

Indian Reorganization Act of 1934 131

Indian Reorganization Act (IRA) Tribe 134

Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act of 1975 135

Indian Taxation 136

Indian Title 138

Indian Tribal Governmental Tax Status Act of 1982 138

Indian Water Rights 139

Individual Indian Money Account 145

Infringement Test 146

Inherent Sovereignty 147

Injunction 148

Iroquois Confederacy 149

Johnson and Graham's Lessee v. William McIntosh (1823) 151

Johnson-O'Malley Act of 1934 152

Judgment 152

Judicial Review 153

Jurisdiction 155

Just Compensation Clause 156

Kuleana 159

Kuleana Act of 1850 160

Lacey Act of 1900 (Amendments of 1981) 161

Legal Services Corporation 161

Lone Wolf v. Hitchcock (1903) 162

Lyng v. Northwest Cemetery Protective Association (1988) 163

Major Crimes Act of 1885 165

Mankiller, Wilma Pearl (1945- ) 166

McClanahan v. Arizona State Tax Commission (1973) 166

Meriam Report of 1928 168

Montana v. United States (1981) 168

Morton v. Mancari (1974) 169

Morton v. Ruiz (1974) 170

National Congress of American Indians 173

National Farmers Union Insurance Companies v. Crow Tribe of Indians (1985) 173

National Indian Gaming Commission 174

Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act of 1990 175

Native American Rights Fund 178

Native Hawaiian 179

Native Hawaiian Study Commission 180

Native Townsite 180

New Mexico v. Mescalero Apache Tribe (1983) 181

Office of Hawaiian Affairs 183

Office of Hearings and Appeals 184

Oklahoma Indian Welfare Act of 1936 184

Oliphant v. Suquamish Indian Tribe (1978) 185

Plenary Powers Doctrine 189

Preemption 190

Prior Appropriation Doctrine 191

Public Law 280 192

Public Law 638 197

Pueblo 198

Rancheria 199

Regional Corporation 199

Regional Educational Attendance Areas 200

Reifel, Benjamin (1906-1990) 200

Reindeer Industry Act of 1937 201

Relocation Program 201

Reservation 201

Reserved Rights Doctrine 202

Rice v. Cayetano (2000) 203

Rights-of-Way 204

Riparian Rights 205

Santa Clara Pueblo v. Martinez (1978) 207

Secretarial Election 208

Secretary of the Interior 208

Section 2415 Claims 209

Self-Determination 210

Seminole Nation v. United States (1942) 211

Service of Process 211

Snyder Act of 1921 212

Sovereign Immunity 212

Squire v. Capoeman (1956) 213

Statute of Limitations 214

Strate v. A-1 Contractors (1997) 214

Subsistence 215

Superintendent 216

Supremacy Clause 217

Talton v. Mayes (1896) 219

Taylor Grazing Act of 1934 219

Termination 220

Three Affiliated Tribes v. Wold Engineering (1984) 221

Trade and Intercourse Acts 222

Traditional Governments 223

Treaty 224

Treaty Clause 226

Tribal Council 226

Tribal Lands 226

Tribal Membership 227

Tribal Ordinance or Resolution 227

Tribe 229

Trilogy Cases 229

Trust Land Leases 230

Trust Lands 230

Trust Responsibilities 232

United States Commission on Civil Rights 235

United States Supreme Court 235

United States v. Antelope (1977) 236

United States v. Kagama (1886) 237

United States v. McBratney (1881) 237

United States v. Sioux Nation of Indians (1980) 238

United States v. Washington (1974) 239

United States v. Wheeler (1978) 240

United States v. Winans (1905) 241

United Tribes of Alaska 242

Usufruct 242

Victoria, Francisco de (1480-1546) 243

Village Corporation 243

Waiver of Sovereign Immunity 245

Ward 246

Warren Trading Post v. Arizona Tax Commission (1965) 246

Williams v. Lee (1959) 247

Winters Doctrine 248

Worcester v. Georgia (1832) 249

Zoning 251.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0874368774

OCLC:

44794809