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  3. American Indians and the Trouble with Sovereignty
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Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:
October 2017
Print publication year:
2017
Online ISBN:
9781108235334
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108235334
Subjects:
Political Theory, Area Studies, American Studies, American Government, Politics and Policy, Politics and International Relations
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With tribes and individual Indians increasingly participating in American electoral politics, this study examines the ways in which tribes work together with state and local governments to overcome significant governance challenges. Much scholarship on tribal governance continues to rely on a concept of tribal sovereignty that does not allow for or help structure this type of governance activity. The resulting tension which emerges in both theory and practice from American Indian intergovernmental affairs is illuminated here and the limits of existing theory are confronted. Kessler-Mata presents an argument for tribal sovereignty to be normatively understood and pragmatically pursued through efforts aimed at interdependence, not autonomy. By turning toward theories of federalism and freedom in the republican tradition, the author provides an alternative framework for thinking about the goals and aspirations of tribal self-determination.

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Statutes and Codes

  • The Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (Public Law 109-248)

  • The Indian Citizenship Act of 1924

  • The Indian Gaming and Regulatory Act (IGRA) of 1988 (Public Law 100-497)

  • Congress, House of Representatives, Committee on Resources

  • California Fish and Game Code Sections 2850–2863 (as amended in July 2004)

  • The Ralph M. Brown Act, California Code 54950

  • The Claims Resolution Act of 2004, Public Law 111-291, H.R. 4783

  • The Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 (104 Stat. 2468, Public Law 101-549)

  • Indian Reorganization Act of 1934

  • Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistant Act of 1975, Public Law 93-638, Title 25 U.S.C. 450

  • Proposition 5: Tribal-State Gaming Compacts. Tribal Casinos. Initiative Statute. As Proposed. http://vote98.sos.ca.gov/VoterGuide/Propositions/5text.htm

  • Public Law 83-280, 18 USC 1162; 28 USC 1360, 25 U.S.C. 1321–2

  • “Indian Country” (definition), 18 U.S.C. 1151

  • The Voting Rights Act of 1965 (as amended) 42 U.S.C. 1973

Cases

  • Atkinson Trading Co. v. Shirley, 532 U.S. 645 (2001)

  • United States v. Kagama, 118 U.S. 375 (1886)

  • United States v. Wheeler, 435 U.S. 313 (1978)

  • Cherokee Nation v. Georgia (1831)

  • Cobell v. Salazar (Cobell XXII), 573 F.3d 808 (D.C. Cir. 2009)

  • Cotton Petroleum Corp. v. New Mexico, 490 U.S. 163, 192–3 (1989)

  • Commonwealth of Puerto Rico v. Sanchez Valle et al., No. 15-108, decided June 9, 2016.

  • Johnson v. McIntosh (1823)

  • Lone Wolf v. Hitchcock (1903)

  • Montana v. United States, 450 U.S. 544 (1981)

  • United States v. Sandoval (1913)

  • White Mountain Apache Tribe v. Bracker, 448 U.S. 136, 143 (1980)

  • Worcester v. Georgia (1832)

  • Oliphant v. Suquamish Indian Tribe, 435 U.S. 191 (1978)

  • Old Person v. Cooney, 230 F.3d 1113 (2000) (9th Cir.)

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