THE INCOMPLETE LOOM: EXPLORING THE CHECKERED PAST AND PRESENT OF AMERICAN INDIAN SOVEREIGNTY.

Authors :: Jackson III, Harry S.
Source :: Rutgers Law Review; Winter2012, Vol. 64 Issue 2, p471-513, 43p
Publication Year :: 2012
Abstract: The article focuses on the history of the American Indian population's fight for sovereignty. Topics include the legal development of the federal acknowledgment process of the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), U.S. Supreme Court recognition of American Indians in legal proceedings, and land title claims between Indian tribes and U.S. citizens.

Subjects :: HISTORY of indigenous peoples of the Americas
LAND titles
CONSTITUTIONAL courts
LAND tenure laws
HISTORY
POPULATION

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