The Rights of Indians and Tribes

Stephen L. Pevar served on the national legal staff of the American Civil Liberties Union for 45 years and has litigated more than 175 cases on a broad range of civil liberties issues throughout the United States. From 1971-1974, Mr. Pevar was a Legal Services attorney on the Rosebud Sioux Indian Reservation in South Dakota. He taught Federal Indian Law for 16 years at the University of Denver School of Law, and later at NYU Law School. He currently teaches an Indigenous justice course at Yale Law School.

I. A History of Federal Indian Policy
II. Definitions: Indian, Indian Tribe, Indian Country, and Indian Title
III. The Trust Responsibility
IV. Indian Treaties
V. Federal Power over Indian Affairs
VI. Tribal Self-Government
VII. Criminal Jurisdiction in Indian Country
VIII. Civil Jurisdiction in Indian Country
IX. Taxation
X. Indian Hunting and Fishing Rights
XI. Indian Water Rights
XII. Civil Rights of Indians
XIII. The Indian Civil Rights Act
XIV. The Unique Status of Certain Native American Groups
XV. Indian Gaming
XVI. The Indian Child Welfare Act
XVII. Judicial Review