Self-determination is an important concept in federal Indian law and for American Indian Nations. Every distinctly identified group of people has the right to determine for themselves how they will live and what religious and cultural concepts and practices they will pursue. The Makah Indian...

Media stereotypes of Indians abound. The myth of the "drunken Indian" competes with the myth of the "noble savage." Federal Indian alcohol policy helps to perpetuate the myth of out of control alcohol problems in Indian Country. This Article addresses the history of federal alcohol control,...

Creating sustainable economies is crucial to the future viability of Indian reservations and communities and is the most important issue that tribal governments face today. The exercise of sovereignty and jurisdiction, and the preservation of tribal cultures are largely dependent on improving...

Indian country in the United States is incredibly poor. Indian nations desperately need to develop reservation economic activities. Most tribal governments, however, are primarily focused on developing tribally owned businesses. This article argues for Indian peoples and governments to revive...

In McGirt v. Oklahoma, the U.S. Supreme Court held in a 5-4 decision that the 1866 Muscogee (Creek) Nation Reservation still exists. Thus, one million Oklahomans found out that they live on the 3,250,000 acre Creek Nation reservation, including 400,000 people in the city of Tulsa. The Court...

On July 9, 2020, the United States Supreme Court held by a 5-4 vote that the borders of the 1866 Muscogee (Creek) Nation reservation in Oklahoma remain intact. The decision landed like a bombshell. Overnight, the Creek Reservation was reaffirmed and recognized as covering three and a quarter...

American Indians are the poorest group of people in the United States. The 300 Indian reservations located in the lower 48 states suffer from very high rates of poverty, unemployment, and substandard housing. This Article examines why this is so. The economic history of American Indians...

This article addresses the problems and the potential that American Indian businesspeople face in starting and operating businesses. American Indians are the poorest racial or ethnic group in the United States and the vast majority of the 300 Indian reservations do not have functioning...

American Indian communities are the poorest in the United States. They suffer from poverty, unemployment, and inadequate housing rates not seen elsewhere in the U.S. Yet any discussion of economic development in Indian Country is always conditioned and constrained by concerns about possible...