Tribal constitutionalism : states, tribes, and the governance of membership / Kirsty Gover. [electronic resource]

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gover, Kirsty, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tribal government.

Tribes--Law and legislation.

Tribes.

Indigenous peoples--Legal status, laws, etc.

Indigenous peoples.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxii, 276 p. )

Place of Publication:

[Oxford] : Oxford University Press, [2016]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In settler societies, tribal self-governance creates a legal distinction between indigeneity (defined by settler governments) and tribal membership (defined by tribes). Many legally indigenous persons are not tribal members, and some tribal members are not legally indigenous. This book considers the membership rules included in the constitutions and membership codes of nearly 750 recognized tribes in Canada, New Zealand, Australia, and the United States. It addresses the first-order question of tribal constitutionalism: who are the members of tribes, and how are they chosen?

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on April 7, 2016).

ISBN:

0-19-183351-7

0-19-159536-5