The Erosion Of Tribal Power: The Supreme Court'S Silent Revolution

Lee , a 1959 case that highlighted the tenuous position of Native legal authority over reservation lands and their residents, Ball analyzes multiple key cases, demonstrating how the Supreme Court's decisions weakened the criminal, civil, and taxation authority of tribal nations. During an era when many tribes were strengthening their economies and preserving their cultural identities, the high court was undermining sovereignty. In Atkinson Trading Co. v. Shirley (2001) and Nevada v. Hicks (2001), for example, the Court all but obliterated tribal authority over non-Indians on Native land. By drawing on the private papers of Chief Justice Earl Warren and Justices Harry A. Blackmun, William J. Brennan, Thurgood Marshall, William O. Douglas, Lewis F. Powell Jr., and Hugo L. Black, Ball offers crucial insight into federal Indian law from the perspective of the justices themselves.

• | Author: Dewi Ioan Ball
• | Publisher: University Of Oklahoma Press
• | Publication Date: Dec 08, 2016
• | Number of Pages: 400 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover/HISTORY
• | ISBN-10: 0806155655
• | ISBN-13: 9780806155654