Broken landscape Indians, Indian tribes, and the constitution / [electronic resource] :
Frank Pommersheim.
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
- x, 414 p.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [313]-405) and index.
Introduction : a new challenge to old assumptions -- Early contact : from colonial encounters to the Articles of Confederation -- Second opportunity : the structure and architecture of the constitution -- The Marshall trilogy : foundational but not fully constitutional? -- Lone Wolf v. Hitchcock : the birth of plenary power, incorporation, and an extraconstitutional regime -- Elk v. Wilkins : exclusion, inclusion, and the ambiguities of citizenship -- Indians and the First Amendment : the illusion of religious freedom? -- Indian law jurisprudence in the modern era : a common law approach without constitutional principle -- International law perspective : a new model of Indigenous nation sovereignty? -- Conclusion : imagination, translation, and constitutional convergence.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
United States. Supreme Court --History.
Indians of North America--Legal status, laws, etc.--History. Constitutional history--United States. Indians of North America--Government relations. Indians of North America--Politics and government. Indians of North America--Civil rights--History. Tribal government--United States. Sovereignty.