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Book SynopsisSovereignty establishes a government-to-government relationship between American Indian tribes and the United States. Exploring tribal-state interactions over land and sovereignty, this book takes a geographical look at issues of environmental regulation, expansion of gaming, criminal jurisdiction, taxation, fishing, and transportation. The contributors find repeatedly that tribes and states have two choiceslitigate or cooperate. While identifying the encroachment of state jurisdiction in Indian country, this book also seeks to develop a resource for tribes, states, and all actors in their relationships and to show that no tribal-state interaction has to be a zero-sum game.
Trade ReviewA recently published collection of essays, The Tribes and the States: Geographies of Intergovernmental Interaction, sheds a great deal of light on this subject and provides an excellent resource base on related issues. We congratulate the emerging crop of scholars—both Native and non-Native—who are delving deeply and seriously into these dynamics. They have provided Indian country with a valuable resource tool that should be studied by Native leaders and opinion-makers everywhere. * Indian Country Today *
Table of ContentsChapter 1 Tribal-State Affairs: American States as "Disclaiming" Sovereigns Chapter 2 Kansas and the Exodus of the Miami Tribe Chapter 3 Jurisdiction in South Dakota: Diminishment and the Question of Indian Character Chapter 4 Tribes and States: A New Era in Intergovernmental Affairs Chapter 5 The Struggle over the Geographic Expansion of Indian Gaming Chapter 6 Tribes, States, the EPA, and the Territorial Politics of Environmental Protection Chapter 7 State and Tribal Relations in Transportation: A Washington Case Study Chapter 8 Dividing the Waters: Cooperative Management and the Allocation of Pacific Salmon Chapter 9 Tribal-State Tobacco Compacts and Motor Fuel Contracts in Oklahoma
