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4 - (Tribal) Sovereignty and Illiberalism

from Part I - Core Concepts

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 December 2019

By
Angela R. Riley
Edited by
Grant Christensen  and
Melissa L. Tatum
Grant Christensen
Affiliation:
University of North Dakota
Melissa L. Tatum
Affiliation:
University of Arizona
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Summary

Sovereignty and Illiberalism: introduces the reader to the different set of rights that are controlling upon tribal governments. The Constitution does not apply in Indian country. This means that tribes may use their inherent sovereignty to do things that appear to intrude on the legal protections of their members. Riley’s piece confronts this tension directly by exploring competing sympathies: tribal sovereignty and civil rights.

Keywords

illiberalismsovereigntyplenary powerConstitutiontribal government
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Reading American Indian Law
Foundational Principles
 , pp. 93 - 116
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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Further Reading

Ablavsky, Gregory, The Savage Constitution, 63 Duke L.J. 999 (2014).Google Scholar
Berger, Bethany, Liberalism and Republicanism in Federal Indian Law, 38 U. Conn. L. Rev. 813 (2006).Google Scholar
Byrum, Jennifer, Civil Rights on Reservations: The Indian Civil Rights Act and Tribal Sovereignty, 25 Okla. Cty. U. L. Rev. 491 (2000).Google Scholar
Christofferson, Carla, Tribal Courts’ Failure to Protect Native American Women: A Reevaluation of the Indian Civil Rights Act, 101 Yale L.J. 169 (1991).CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Fletcher, Matthew L. M., Same Sex Marriage, Indian Tribes, and the Constitution, 61 U. Miami L. Rev. 53 (2006).Google Scholar
Fletcher, Matthew L. M., American Indian Tribal Law (Aspen Publishers 2011).Google Scholar
Gover, Kevin & Laurence, Robert, Avoiding Santa Clara Pueblo v Martinez: The Litigation in Federal Court of Civil Actions under the Indian Civil Rights Act, 8 Hamline L. Rev. 497 (1985).Google Scholar
Laurence, Robert, Martinez, Oliphant, and Federal Court Review of Tribal Activity under the Indian Civil Rights Act, 10 Campbell L. Rev. 411 (1988).Google Scholar
Pevar, Stephen L., The Rights of Indians and Tribes (Oxford University Press 4th ed. 2012).Google Scholar
Riley, Angela, Good (Native) Governance, 107 Colum. L. Rev. 1049 (2006).Google Scholar
Robillard, Katherine, Uncounseled Tribal Court Convictions: The Sixth Amendment, Tribal Sovereignty, and the Indian Civil Rights Act, 2013 U. Ill. L. Rev. 2047 (2013).Google Scholar
Valencia-Weber, Gloria, Santa Clara Pueblo v. Martinez: Twenty-Five Years of Disparate Cultural Values: An Essay Introducing the Case for Reargument before the American Indian Nations Supreme Court, 14 Kan. J.L. & Pub. Pol’y 49 (2004).Google Scholar

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