Native Americans : Rights, Laws and Legislative Developments

Townsend, Charles P. (EDT); Brooks, Nathan (CON); Cantor, Joseph E. (CON); Holder, Kamilah M. (CON); Murphy, M. Maureen (CON)

ISBN 10: 1604562021 / ISBN 13: 9781604562026

Editore: Nova Science Pub Inc, 2008

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• Titolo: Native Americans : Rights, Laws and Legislative Developments
• Editore: Nova Science Pub Inc
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1604562021
• ISBN 13: 9781604562026
• Rilegatura: Rilegato
• Condizione: New

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Native American issues continue to constitute an important part of the federal government's responsibility. Native Americans in the United States are the indigenous peoples from the regions of North America now encompassed by the continental United States, including parts of Alaska. They comprise a large number of distinct tribes, states, and ethnic groups, many of which are still enduring as political communities. There is a wide range of terms used, and some controversy surrounding their use: they are variously known as American Indians, Indians, Amerindians, Amerinds, or Indigenous, Aboriginal or Original Americans. There are 561 federally recognised tribal governments in the United States. These tribes possess the right to form their own government, to enforce laws (both civil and criminal), to tax, to establish membership, to license and regulate activities, to zone and to exclude persons from tribal territories. Limitations on tribal powers of self-government include the same limitations applicable to states; for example, neither tribes nor states have the power to make war, engage in foreign relations, or coin money (this includes paper currency). This book presents the latest developments in the areas of rights, laws and legislation.

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