Vol. 139 No. 6 By standard accounts, there are fifty-four constitutions across the federal, state, and territorial governments of the United States. But in fact, there are 230 other governmental constitutions that currently govern peoples and territories within the United States. These constitutions not only flow from a sovereignty that existed prior to the United States but also came out of a legal movement that asserted its independence from both the U.S. Constitution and state constitutions. This Article tells the story of these constitutions — the constitutions of Native nations.
Vol. 134 No. 4 The Indian nations had always been considered as distinct, independent political communities, retaining their original natural rights . . . . — Worcester v....
Vol. 134 No. 3 Introduction Since 1990, employees of businesses owned and operated by Native nations have increasingly sought to amplify their voices in the workplace through union...
Vol. 134 No. 1 “On the far end of the Trail of Tears [were] promise[s].” Much of federal Indian law jurisprudence is about whether promises to Indian tribes...
Vol. 133 No. 2 Federal, state, and tribal sovereignties comingle in our “compound republic of America.” Imagine that one of these sovereigns, or its citizens, threatens the health...
