Native American lawtribal courtsA well-developed body of law, rooted in the U.S. Constitution, governs the relationship between federal and state courts. Tribal courts, however, are not subject to the U.S. Constitution, and that body of law does not help establish the relationship between ...
(AP) — The only Native American on federal death row was put to death Wednesday, despite objections from many Navajo leaders who had urged President Donald Trump to halt the execution on the grounds it would violate tribal culture and sovereignty. With the execution of Lezmond Mitchell for ...
who became Commissioner for Indian Affairs in 1933. Collier, a white American, believed that Native American community life and respect for the environment had much to teach American materialism, and he became passionately determined to preserve as much of the traditional Indian way of life as poss...
Federal laws have been in place to protect archaeological (考古学的) resources for more than a century. 1 However, decades later the law's language was deemed too vague to offer adequate protection from looters (劫掠者) and vandals ( 故意破坏公物者). In response, the Archaeological Resources...
Law Office of Bruce R Greene, LLC is a Boulder, Colorado based law firm specializing in all aspects of Federal Indian Law and the representation of Native American Indian Tribes.
nation- a federation of tribes (especially Native American tribes); "the Shawnee nation" Creek Confederacy- a North American Indian confederacy organized by the Muskogee that dominated the southeastern part of the United States before being removed to Oklahoma ...
U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland set out four years ago on a historic journey as the first Native American to serve as a cabinet secretary Associated PressJan. 19, 2025 How TikTok Grew From a Fun App for Teens Into a Potential National Security Threat ...
1. Law The right of a court to hear a particular case, based on the scope of its authority over the type of case and the parties to the case. 2. a. Authority or control: islands under US jurisdiction; a bureau with jurisdiction over Native American affairs. b. The extent of authori...
(Reuters) - At least 973 Native American children died at Indian Boarding Schools from 1819 to 1969, according to a federal report that calls on the U.S. government to apologize for the 150-year-long forced assimilation policy used to separate children from families and destroy t...
Why do natives get free housing? No taxes? per capita income? permission under the law to operate casinos? I did not receive free college, nor $200,000 cash just for graduating high school. Yet I was born in the same country as Native American Indian people. ...