Braid of Feathers - American Indian Law and Contemporary Tribal Life

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List of contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Why Indian Tribes and
Indian Law Matter

PART 1. DIFFERENT ROOTS, DIFFERENT
BRANCHES: THE CULTURAL AND
LEGAL SETTING

1. The Reservation as Place
2. The Colonized Context: Federal Indian Law
and Tribal Aspiration

PART 2. JUSTICE, LIBERATION, AND STRUGGLE:
TRIBAL COURTS AND TRIBAL SOVEREIGNTY

3. The Crucible of Sovereignty: Tribal Courts,
Legitimacy, and the Jurisdictional Backdrop
4. Liberation, Dreams, and Hard Work: A View
of Tribal Court Jurisprudence

PART 3. ISSUES IN THE WESTERN LANDSCAPE:
A REGIONAL PERSPECTIVE

5. Tribal-State Relations: Hope for the Future?
6. Economic Development in Indian Country
Conclusion: A Geography of Hope

Notes
Index

About the author

Frank Pommersheim is Professor of Law at the University of South Dakota School of Law. He also serves as an Associate Justice on the Rosebud and Sioux Tribal Court of Appeals and as Chief Justice on the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribal Court of Appeals.

Summary

Challenges the dominant legal history of American Indians and their tribes - a history that concedes far too much power to the laws and courts of the 'conqueror'. This book makes an urgent call for the advancement of tribal sovereignty and of tribal court systems that are based on Indian culture and values.

Product details

• Authors: Frank Pommersheim, Pommersheim Frank
• Assisted by: Frank Pommersheim (Editor)
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.03.1997
• EAN: 9780520208940
• ISBN: 978-0-520-20894-0
• No. of pages: 280
• Series: American Indian Law and Contem
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Law > General, dictionaries; History of Ideas, North America, HISTORY / Social History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Indigenous Studies, Indigenous Peoples, Relating to indigenous peoples, North America (USA and Canada), Laws of specific jurisdictions and specific areas of law, Laws Of Specific Jurisdictions, LAW / Indigenous Law & Legal Systems