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There are 3 types of tribal land. First we have the tribal trust lands, which is land that is held by the tribe itself and usually where the tribal headquarters is located. Tribal trust land [...]

"Federal policy towards Indian tribes has moved in various decades, from a physical extripation, to measured separatism, to removal, to assimilation, to self-determination – sometimes at the same [...]

The Marshall Trilogy are the three foundational Indian law cases. Johnson v. M'Intosh in 1823 was the first of the three, and was the first Indian law case decided by the U.S. Supreme court. [...]

Civil Jurisdiction on Tribal Land. Joel West Williams, a Staff Attorney at the Native American Rights Fund and a citizen of the Cherokee Nation, grew up in Little Rock, Arkansas. He obtained [...]

The history of federal policy toward Indian children and families generally tracks along with the history of federal tribal policy. This process was a difficult one, as it was mostly devoted to [...]