NAIS 50 Federal Indian Law
This course will focus on the constitutional, statutory and jurisprudential rules of law that make up the field of Federal Indian Law. Attention will be given to the historical framework from which the rules were derived. After outlining the respective sources and limits of federal, tribal and state political authority in Indian Country, the course will turn to a consideration of subject-specific areas of law, including criminal justice, economic development, environmental and natural resource regulation, hunting and fishing rights, Indian child welfare and preservation of religious and cultural rights. Open to all classes.