Matthew L.M. Fletcher | July 21, 2017 | American Indian Law
Here is the opinion in Bishop Paiute Tribe v. Inyo County. An excerpt: The Bishop Paiute Tribe (the “Tribe”) seeks a declaration that they have the right to “investigate violations of tribal, state, and federal law, detain, and transport or deliver a non-Indian...
Kaighn Smith, Jr., Matthew L.M. Fletcher and Wenona T. Singel | December 22, 2016 | American Indian Law
Many people are not aware that federal constitutional constraints on governmental action set forth in the Bill of Rights and the Fourteenth Amendment do not apply to, or constrain, tribal government.1 The primary source for individual rights to constrain tribal...
Matthew L.M. Fletcher and Wenona T. Singel | August 28, 2016 | American Indian Law
Project Reporters Matthew Fletcher and Wenona Singel have posted “Indian Children and the Federal Tribal Trust Relationship” on SSRN*.Abstract:This article develops the history of the role of Indian children in the formation of the federal-tribal trust relationship...
