This article examines the rights of Indian nations in the United States to adequate water supplies and environmental protection for their land and associated resources. Part I of this article provides a brief background on the history of federal-tribal relations and the source and scope of federal obligations to protect tribal resources. Part II reviews the source and nature of the federal government’s moral and legal obligations to Indian tribes, which are generally referred to as the trust responsibility. Indian reserved water rights and the difficulty tribes experience in protecting habitat needed for healthy treaty resources is discussed in Part III. Part IV reviews the Dakota Access Pipeline controversy and the shortcomings of federal ...
Throughout its history, the United States has inflicted many atrocities on Indigenous nations, from ...
The people indigenous to the Western portion of the lands now referred to as North America have reli...
This Article suggests that federal environmental citizen suits can serve tribal sovereignty interest...
This article examines the rights of Indian nations in the United States to adequate water supplies a...
Although federal policy shifted from assimilation to pro-tribal positions, the federal courts have q...
In this article, Dean Getches examines the nature of international law as it relates to indigenous w...
From the earliest days of their relationship with the United States, the tribes from the region toda...
In the seminal Indian water rights case, Winters v. United Slates (1908), the Court posed this quest...
Introduction – Tribal Environmental Public Health The environment, particularly, land and water, pl...
Allotted tribal lands create troublesome questions for western water lawyers. In this article the au...
Do Indians have a right to water on their reservations? An answer to such a question seems obvious. ...
This article considers tribal, state, and federal cooperation to achieve good governance. Part II di...
Most American Indian rights to water trace their origins to 19th century treaty negotiations with th...
This Comment briefly describes the background of federal Indian law in the United States, including ...
Although Indian water rights are of critical economic importance, the nature and scope of these righ...
Throughout its history, the United States has inflicted many atrocities on Indigenous nations, from ...
The people indigenous to the Western portion of the lands now referred to as North America have reli...
This Article suggests that federal environmental citizen suits can serve tribal sovereignty interest...
This article examines the rights of Indian nations in the United States to adequate water supplies a...
Although federal policy shifted from assimilation to pro-tribal positions, the federal courts have q...
In this article, Dean Getches examines the nature of international law as it relates to indigenous w...
From the earliest days of their relationship with the United States, the tribes from the region toda...
In the seminal Indian water rights case, Winters v. United Slates (1908), the Court posed this quest...
Introduction – Tribal Environmental Public Health The environment, particularly, land and water, pl...
Allotted tribal lands create troublesome questions for western water lawyers. In this article the au...
Do Indians have a right to water on their reservations? An answer to such a question seems obvious. ...
This article considers tribal, state, and federal cooperation to achieve good governance. Part II di...
Most American Indian rights to water trace their origins to 19th century treaty negotiations with th...
This Comment briefly describes the background of federal Indian law in the United States, including ...
Although Indian water rights are of critical economic importance, the nature and scope of these righ...
Throughout its history, the United States has inflicted many atrocities on Indigenous nations, from ...
The people indigenous to the Western portion of the lands now referred to as North America have reli...
This Article suggests that federal environmental citizen suits can serve tribal sovereignty interest...