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The Rights of Indians and Tribes is the most popular resource in the field of Federal Indian Law and explains this complex subject in a clear and easy-to-understand way. Using a question-and-answer format, the book covers every important subject impacting Indians and tribes today. The fifth edition includes a Foreword by John Echohawk, Director of the Native American Rights Fund, discusses new legislation, and is updated with hundreds of court decisions that have taken place since the previous edition.
List of contents
- I. A History of Federal Indian Policy
- II. Definitions: Indian, Indian Tribe, Indian Country, and Indian Title
- III. The Trust Responsibility
- IV. Indian Treaties
- V. Federal Power over Indian Affairs
- VI. Tribal Self-Government
- VII. Criminal Jurisdiction in Indian Country
- VIII. Civil Jurisdiction in Indian Country
- IX. Taxation
- X. Indian Hunting and Fishing Rights
- XI. Indian Water Rights
- XII. Civil Rights of Indians
- XIII. The Indian Civil Rights Act
- XIV. The Unique Status of Certain Native American Groups
- XV. Indian Gaming
- XVI. The Indian Child Welfare Act
- XVII. Judicial Review
About the author
Stephen L. Pevar served on the national legal staff of the American Civil Liberties Union for 45 years and has litigated more than 175 cases on a broad range of civil liberties issues throughout the United States. From 1971-1974, Mr. Pevar was a Legal Services attorney on the Rosebud Sioux Indian Reservation in South Dakota. He taught Federal Indian Law for 16 years at the University of Denver School of Law, and later at NYU Law School. He currently teaches an Indigenous justice course at Yale Law School.
Summary
The Rights of Indians and Tribes explains Federal Indian Law in a conversational manner, yet is highly authoritative, containing over 2000 footnotes with citations to relevant court decisions, statutes, and agency regulations. Since its initial publication in 1983 it has sold over 125,000 copies. It is user-friendly and particularly helpful for tribal advocates, students, government officials, lawyers, and members of the general public.
The book uses a question-and-answer format and covers every important subject impacting Indians and tribes today and discusses which governments-tribal, state, and federal-have authority on Indian reservations. This fully-updated fifth edition provides a Foreword by John Echohawk, Director of the Native American Rights Fund, and covers the most significant legal issues facing Indians and Indian tribes. This includes the regulation of non-Indians on reservations, definitions of important legal terms, Indian treaties, the Indian Civil Rights Act, the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, and the Indian Child Welfare Act.
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I highly recommend this book. Many federal employees, including myself, rely on it. The book gives clear, useful, and well-documented answers for anyone approaching the vast and often intimidating subject of federal Indian law."
-Lori Windle, Board Director, Society of American Indian Government Employees (Minnesota Chippewa, White Earth)
