|
Stephen Pevar's The Rights of Indians and Tribes |
New Updated Edition
Publication Date: January 2012
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
THE RIGHTS OF
INDIANS AND TRIBES
The Authoritative Guide to
Indian and Tribal Rights
by Stephen L. Pevar
with a Foreword by John E. Echohawk
This informative guide thoroughly discusses the powers of Indian tribes; civil and criminal jurisdiction on Indian reservations; Indian hunting, fishing, and water rights; taxation in Indian country; the Indian Civil Rights Act; the Indian Child Welfare Act; and tribal jurisdiction over non-Indians. 522 pgs., U.S. Indian Lands Map.
"Every Indian should read this book."
-- Suzan Shown Harjo, President, The Morning Star Institute (Cheyenne & Hodulgee Muscogee)
Stephen L. Pevar is a Senior Staff Counsel for the ACLU. He taught Federal Indian Law at the University of Denver School of Law for 16 years and has lectured extensively on the subject.
"This is a remarkable book, and there is nothing else like it. It explains the complex subject of federal Indian law in a clear and concise way. Both lawyers and non-lawyers will find this book very helpful, as I have."
-- Honorable BJ Jones, Chief Judge of the Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate and Prairie Island Indian Community, and Director of the Tribal Judicial Institute
"As a tribal leader, I have found Stephen Pevar's book to be both an excellent and useful resource."
-- W. Ron Allen, Chairman, Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe, and Treasurer of the National Congress of American Indians
"Stephen Pevar's book is an indispensable part of the toolkit for American Indian lawyers, leaders, and scholars. Nothing is a more accessible, comprehensive, and realistic treatment of modern day tribal sovereignty than "The Rights of Indians and Tribes." Another edition of Pevar's ground-breaking work is just cause for celebration."
-- Matthew Fletcher, Michigan State University College of Law (Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa)
"I highly recommend this book. Many federal employees, including myself, rely on it. The book gives clear, useful, and well-documented answers for anyone approaching the vast and often intimidating subject of federal Indian law."
-- Lori Windle, Vice-Chair, Society of American Indian Government Employees (Minnesota Chippewa, White Earth)
|
