"Like the miner's canary, the Indian marks the shift from fresh air to poison gas in our political atmosphere; and our treatment of Indians, even more than our

The first social history of American Indians' role in the making of American law sheds new light on Native American struggles for sovereignty and justice during

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. Using five major co

Sovereignty unfolds over two parallel timelines. In present-day Oklahoma, a young Cherokee lawyer, Sarah Ridge Polson, and her colleague Jim Ross defend the inh

In the early 1970s, the federal government began recognizing self-determination for American Indian nations. As sovereign entities, Indian nations have been abl