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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are held by United States courts to possess rights of self-government where these rights have not been explicitly withdrawn, the constitutions of 280 Native American governments in the United States (exclusive of 219 in Alaska) were examined as they existed in September 1981 to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
Peer reviewedGrinde, Donald A., Jr. – American Indian Culture and Research Journal, 1993
Asserts that historians should not think of American Indians and white colonists as having two distinct historical experiences but "mutual history of continuous interaction and influence." Contends that European and American colonials recognized the power and subtlety of the American Indian confederacies. (CFR)
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian History, Constitutional History, Cultural Exchange
