Course Description
This course examines several themes: conflicts over which government has sovereign control over which resources; the role that tribal governments play in natural resource allocation and management; questions relating to ownership of natural resources; changing federal policies relating to natural resources allocation; the role of federal courts, Congress and Executive branches in relation to the trust responsibilities to protect tribal lands and resources; environmental protection, including EPA policy in relation to Indian Reservations; and natural resources development and management. A synthesis of several legal principles related to Federal Indian law and environmental law will unite these thematic discussions including the scope of tribal sovereignty, perspectives on self-determination and the commons paradigm in relation to Native American resource management.
Updated: 04/05/2011