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Download full textRusco, Elmer R. – 1982
Because Native American societies are held by United States courts to possess rights of self-government where these rights have not been explicitly withdrawn, the constitutions of 280 Native American governments in the United States (exclusive of 219 in Alaska) were examined as they existed in September 1981 to determine the extent and character…
Descriptors: American Indian History, American Indian Reservations, American Indians, Civil Liberties
