Explain the “Trust Doctrine.”
At the end of this chapter, Wilkins and Stark discuss four “quandaries” that tribal governments face as sovereign nations. What are those four quandaries?
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Also, at the end of Chapter 2, Wilkins and Stark do a nice job cataloging the historical inconsistencies of the U. S. government’s narrative and practice [policies] towards the status of tribal nations. What are the six “ federal indeterminancies” identified by the authors?
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In this chapter, the authors discuss the question of U. S. citizenship for Native Americans. Prior to the Indian Citizenship Act of 1924, under what conditions were some Native Americans granted citizenship?
Briefly conceptualize the following terms:
Sovereignty
Supreme Law of the Land
Plenary Power
Trustee Status
Treaty with the Delaware Tribe, September 17, 1778
Civilization Fund
Cherokee Tobacco Precedent
Board of Indian Commissioners
Briefly give the significance of the following legislation:
General Allotment Act, 1887
Indian Territory Naturalization Act. 1890
Briefly give the significance of the following court cases:
U. S. v. Jicarilla Apache Nation, 2011
Cherokee Nation v. Georgia, 1831
Worcester v. Georgia, 1832
Elk v. Wilkins, 1884
Matter of Heff, 1905
United States v. Nice, 1916