TG 112
Intro to Federal
Indian Law

About the Course

This course is an introduction to Federal Indian Law, focusing on the impacts to modern ÐÓ°ÉÔ­°æn Tribal Governments. Particular attention will be given to the relationship between Federal Indian Law and tribal justice systems in ÐÓ°ÉÔ­°æ.

Unit 1

1. Early Foundations of Federal Indian Law
2. Royal Proclamation of 1763
3. U.S. Constitution
4. Treaties
5. Marshall Trilogy (1823-1832)
6. Removal and Reservations
7. Crow Dog Case (1883)
8. Assimilation
9. Russians in ÐÓ°ÉÔ­°æ and U.S. Purchase (1867)
10. Early Years in ÐÓ°ÉÔ­°æ after Purchase

Unit 2

1. Beginning the Special Relationship and Events Leading to the Settlement of Land Claims
2. Early Education and Effects of the Nelson Act (1905)
3. Early ÐÓ°ÉÔ­°æ Native Land Cases and Acts
4. Citizenship: United States, State of ÐÓ°ÉÔ­°æ, Tribal
5. Indian Reorganization Act (1934)
6. Cohen’s Handbook of Federal Indian Law: Case’s ÐÓ°ÉÔ­°æ Natives and American Laws
7. World War II
8. Indian Country Statute (1948)
9. Termination Era 1950′s, Public Law 280
10. ÐÓ°ÉÔ­°æ Statehood and Build Up to ÐÓ°ÉÔ­°æ Native Land Claims

Unit 3

1. Settlement of Aboriginal Claims and the Enhancement of Tribal Self-Determination 
2. ÐÓ°ÉÔ­°æ Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA), 1971
3. Indian Self Determination and Education Act (ISDEAA), 1975
4. Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA), 1978
5. Subsistence (ANILCA, 1980) 

Unit 4

1. Tribal Recognition, Sovereignty, and Jurisdiction
2. Federal Recognition of ÐÓ°ÉÔ­°æ Tribes and Relations with the State of ÐÓ°ÉÔ­°æ
3. ÐÓ°ÉÔ­°æ Tribal Sovereignty and Jurisdiction: Major Case Law Affecting ÐÓ°ÉÔ­°æ Tribal Sovereignty
4. Modern Tribal Governments in ÐÓ°ÉÔ­°æ
5. General Principles of Federal Indian Law