Indian Child Welfare Act

Indian Child Welfare Act
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Indian Affairs (1993- )
Publisher:
Total Pages: 272
Release: 1997
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN:

American Indian Treaties

American Indian Treaties
Author: Francis Paul Prucha
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 604
Release: 2023-11-10
Genre: History
ISBN: 0520919165

American Indian affairs are much in the public mind today—hotly contested debates over such issues as Indian fishing rights, land claims, and reservation gambling hold our attention. While the unique legal status of American Indians rests on the historical treaty relationship between Indian tribes and the federal government, until now there has been no comprehensive history of these treaties and their role in American life. Francis Paul Prucha, a leading authority on the history of American Indian affairs, argues that the treaties were a political anomaly from the very beginning. The term "treaty" implies a contract between sovereign independent nations, yet Indians were always in a position of inequality and dependence as negotiators, a fact that complicates their current attempts to regain their rights and tribal sovereignty. Prucha's impeccably researched book, based on a close analysis of every treaty, makes possible a thorough understanding of a legal dilemma whose legacy is so palpably felt today.

Termination and Relocation

Termination and Relocation
Author: Donald Lee Fixico
Publisher:
Total Pages: 268
Release: 1990-03-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780826311917

A major study of the effects on American Indians of the termination and relocation policies instituted during the Truman and Eisenhower era.

Nixon's Civil Rights

Nixon's Civil Rights
Author: Dean J KOTLOWSKI
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Total Pages: 417
Release: 2009-06-30
Genre: History
ISBN: 0674039734

In a groundbreaking new book, Kotlowski offers a surprising study of an administration that redirected the course of civil rights in America. Kotlowski examines such issues as school desegregation, fair housing, voting rights, affirmative action, and minority businesses as well as Native American and women's rights. He details Nixon's role, revealing a president who favored deeds over rhetoric and who constantly weighed political expediency and principles in crafting civil rights policy.

Federal Fathers and Mothers

Federal Fathers and Mothers
Author: Cathleen D. Cahill
Publisher: UNC Press Books
Total Pages: 385
Release: 2011-06-20
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0807877735

Established in 1824, the United States Indian Service (USIS), now known as the Bureau of Indian Affairs, was the agency responsible for carrying out U.S. treaty and trust obligations to American Indians, but it also sought to "civilize" and assimilate them. In Federal Fathers and Mothers, Cathleen Cahill offers the first in-depth social history of the agency during the height of its assimilation efforts in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Cahill shows how the USIS pursued a strategy of intimate colonialism, using employees as surrogate parents and model families in order to shift Native Americans' allegiances from tribal kinship networks to Euro-American familial structures and, ultimately, the U.S. government.

American Indian Tribal Law

American Indian Tribal Law
Author: Matthew L.M. Fletcher
Publisher: Aspen Publishing
Total Pages: 1188
Release: 2020-02-02
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1543817432

Nearly every American Indian tribe has its own laws and courts. Taken together, these courts decide thousands of cases. Many span the full panoply of law—from criminal, civil, and probate cases, to divorce and environmental disputes.American Indian Tribal Law, now in its Second Edition, surveys the full spectrum of tribal justice systems. With cases, notes, and historical context, this text is ideal for courses on American Indian Law or Tribal Governments—and an essential orientation to legal practice within tribal jurisdictions. New to the Second Edition: A new chapter on professional responsibility and the regulation of lawyers in tribal jurisdictions Enhanced materials on Indian child welfare Additional materials on tribal laws that incorporate Indigenous language and culture Additional examples from tribal justice systems and practice Recent and noteworthy cases from tribal courts Professors and students will benefit from: A broad survey of dispute resolution systems within tribal jurisdictions A review of recent flashpoints in tribal law, such as internal tribal political matters, including intractable citizenship and election disputes enhanced criminal jurisdiction over nonmembers and non-Indians tribal constitutional reform, including a case study on the White Earth Nation Cases and material reflecting a wide range of American Indian tribes and legal issues Excerpts and commentary from a wellspring of current scholarship