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In the early 1970s, the federal government began recognizing self-determination for American Indian nations. As sovereign entities, Indian nations have been able to establish policies concerning health care, education, religious freedom, law enforcement, gaming, and taxation. Yet these gains have not gone unchallenged. Starting in the late 1980s, states have tried to regulate and profit from casino gambling on Indian lands. Treaty rights to hunt, fish, and gather remain hotly contested, and traditional religious practices have been denied protection. Tribal courts struggle with state and federal courts for jurisdiction. David E. Wilkins and K. Tsianina Lomawaima discuss how the political rights and sovereign status of Indian nations have variously been respected, ignored, terminated, and unilaterally modified by federal lawmakers as a result of the ambivalent political and legal status of tribes under western law.
ISBN
9780806133959
Publication Date
2001
Publisher
University of Oklahoma Press
City
Norman
Keywords
Native Americans, sovereignty, government relations, legal status
School
Jepson School of Leadership Studies
Disciplines
Indigenous, Indian, and Aboriginal Law | Leadership Studies
Recommended Citation
Wilkins, David E. and K. Tsianina Lomawaima, Uneven Ground: American Indian Sovereignty and Federal Law, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2001.
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