Tribes, Treaties, and Constitutional Tribulations

by Vine Deloria Jr.

Book Overview

"Federal Indian law . . . is a loosely related collection of past and present acts of Congress, treaties and agreements, executive orders, administrative rulings, and judicial opinions, connected only by the fact that law in some form has been applied haphazardly to American Indians over the course of several centuries. . . . Indians in their tribal relation and Indian tribes in their relation to the federal government hang suspended in a legal...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292716087
• ISBN13: 9780292716087
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 221 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

A good starting place for the interested novice

This book is a good starting place for those just entering the world of Tribal Law. This a college freshman level book. Not for heavy-duty legal scholars. I like it because it shows the clear lineage of Treaties, the Constitution, and key US Supreme Court decisions from the earliest days (Colonial days) to now.