Native American Law
Document Type
Contribution to Book
Publication Date
2001
Abstract
DESCRIPTION: Body of law, also known as federal India law, that deals with the U.S. government's interpretations of the Constitution, executive orders, statutory law, and treaties as they affect Native Americans and their rights.
SIGNIFICANCE: The Supreme Court defined the central tenets of Native American law in the early nineteenth century through three cases known as the Marshall Trilogy.
Editor
Thomas Tandy Lewis
Publisher
Salem Press, Inc.
City
Pasadena
ISBN
9780893560973
Repository Citation
Hermann, J. R. (2001). Native American law. In Encyclopedia of the U.S. supreme court (pp. 646). Salem Press, Inc.
Publication Information
Encyclopedia of the U.S. Supreme Court
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