Congress Whispers, Reservation Nations Endure: A CENTURY OF PUBLIC ACTS OF AGGRESSION, CONFUSION, & RESOLUTION

A unique body of federal actions rests in near silence within the shadowy margins of all other U.S. public law. The reason is simple. It consists of laws that specifically apply to just one group of Americans: members of American Indian tribes. As such, the laws apply most directly to less than 1.5% of our nation’s citizenry, yet they also affect other Americans in important but less obvious ways. These tribe-focused public laws continue to frame New Millennium relationships between America...