History of Federal Indian Law

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Credits 3. 3 Lecture Hours. Examination of the foundations of the contemporary relationship between Native American tribes, state governments, and the federal government; analysis of the origins and scope of tribal sovereignty, division of power between the various governing bodies, and constitutional issues impacting tribes; exploration of successful tribal approaches to implementing self-governance, which has strengthened the sovereignty of their communities; includes the history of federal Indian policy, doctrines of tribal sovereignty, self-government and self-determination, the federal-tribal relationship, tribal sovereignty, federal supremacy and states’ rights, and division of power. Prerequisites: Graduate classification.