Native American Sovereignty on Trial: A Handbook with Cases, Laws, and Documents

A survey of Native American tribal law and its place within the framework of the U.S. Constitution from colonial times to today’s headlines. * Carefully edited original texts of various major Supreme Court opinions and historic legal documents including the Cherokee decisions of the 1830s, the U.S.-Navajo Treaty of 1868, and the California Tribal Gaming Compact of 2000 * A chronology of key events in the history and development of American Indian tribal governments and their relationship with U.S. and state governments