Indian Law

Tribal Executive Branches: A Path to Tribal Constitutional Reform

Vol. 129 No. 6 April 2016 In the modern era, tribes have made tremendous gains in retaining — and reclaiming — their sovereignty. But despite this external progress, some tribes have...

Indian Law Developments in the Law

Introduction

Vol. 129 No. 6 April 2016 “Few things confound the Supreme Court more than Indian law,” says Professor Stephen Wermiel. The Supreme Court has heard an average of two Indian...

Indian Law Recent Case

Dolgencorp, Inc. v. Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians

Fifth Circuit Disclaims Independent Obligation to Ensure that Tribal Courts Have Subject Matter Jurisdiction in Disputes Involving Nonmembers.

Vol. 128 No. 3 January 2015

Indian Law Leading Case

Michigan v. Bay Mills Indian Community

Vol. 128 No. 1 November 2014 Courts have long held that Native American governments enjoy tribal sovereign immunity from suit, subject only to Congress’s plenary authority. Sixteen years ago, in...

Indian Law Notes

A Bad Man Is Hard to Find

When the United States promised to pay for "bad men among the whites"

Vol. 127 No. 8 June 2014

Family Law Recent Legislation

The Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013

Congress Recognizes and Affirms Tribal Courts’ Special Domestic Violence Jurisdiction over Non-Indian Defendants.

Vol. 127 No. 5 March 2014

Family Law Leading Case

Tribal Executive Branches: A Path to Tribal Constitutional Reform

Introduction

Dolgencorp, Inc. v. Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians

Michigan v. Bay Mills Indian Community

A Bad Man Is Hard to Find

The Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013

Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl

Indian Canon Originalism

Judicial Review of Congressional Factfinding