Tribal Sovereignty

Recognize Native American heritage with foundational works on indigenous tribal rights and sovereignty, selected by RCL editors. Resources for College Libraries (RCL) features core titles for academic libraries, curated by Choice/ACRL subject specialists. In Syndetics Unbound, RCL Librarians recommend a selection of the 90,000+ titles available at rclweb.net.

Updated October 1, 2024
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The Rights of Indians and Tribes
Pevar, Stephen L. (Professor of Law, Professor of Law, Yale Law School).
Paper Book
The Rights of Indians and Tribes explains Federal Indian Law in a conversational manner, yet is highly authoritative, containing over 2000 footnotes with citations to relevant court decisions, statutes, and agency regulations. Since its initial publication in 1983 it has sold over 150,000 copies. It...
Broken landscape : Indians, Indian tribes, and the constitution
Pommersheim, Frank.
Paper Book
Broken Landscape is a sweeping chronicle of Indian tribal sovereignty under the United States Constitution and the way that legal analysis and practice have interpreted and misinterpreted tribal sovereignty since the nation's founding. The Constitution formalized the relationship between Indian...
Survivance, sovereignty, and story : teaching American Indian rhetorics
King, Lisa
Paper Book
Focusing on the importance of discussions about sovereignty and of the diversity of Native American communities, Survivance, Sovereignty, and Story offers a variety of ways to teach and write about indigenous North American rhetorics. These essays introduce indigenous...
American Indian politics and the American political system
Wilkins, David E.
Paper Book
American Indian Politics and the American Political System is the most comprehensive text written from a political science perspective. It analyzes the structures and functions of indigenous governments (including Alaskan Native communities and Hawaiian Natives) and the distinctive legal and...
Peace, power, righteousness : an indigenous manifesto
Alfred, Gerald R.
Paper Book
This visionary manifesto, first published in 1999, has significantly improved our understanding of First Nations' issues. Taiaiake Alfred calls for the indigenous peoples of North America to move beyond their 500-year history of pain, loss, and colonization, and move forward to the reality of self...
Federal anti-Indian law : the legal entrapment of indigenous peoples
D'Errico, Peter P.
Paper Book
Telling the crucial and under-studied story of the U.S. legal doctrines that underpin the dispossession and domination of Indigenous peoples, this book enhances global Indigenous movements for self-determination. In this wide-ranging historical study of federal Indian law--the...
Indigenous environmental justice
Jarratt-Snider, Karen
Paper Book
This volume clearly distinguishes Indigenous environmental justice (IEJ) from the broader idea of environmental justice (EJ) while offering detailed examples from recent history of environmental injustices that have occurred in Indian Country. With connections to traditional homelands being at...
Unworthy republic : the dispossession of Native Americans and the road to Indian territory
Saunt, Claudio
Paper Book
In May 1830, the United States launched an unprecedented campaign to expel 80,000 Native Americans from their eastern homelands to territories west of the Mississippi River. In a firestorm of fraud and violence, thousands of Native Americans lost their lives, and thousands more lost their farms...
Recognition, sovereignty struggles, & indigenous rights in the United States a sourcebook
Den Ouden, Amy E.
Paper Book
This engaging collection surveys and clarifies the complex issue of federal and state recognition for Native American tribal nations in the United States. Den Ouden and O'Brien gather focused and teachable essays on key topics, debates, and case studies. Written by leading scholars in the field,...

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