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Barsh, Russel Lawrence – American Indian Journal, 1980
While the criminal reform bill, S.1722m, has great potential for straightening out the jurisdictional morass on Indian reservations, it is evading the more controversial issues. After describing past difficulties in determining criminal jurisdiction on tribal lands, this article discusses needed reforms and what is missing in the new law.…
Descriptors: American Indian Reservations, American Indians, Criminal Law, Federal Indian Relationship
American Indian Journal, 1979
A panel of seven international jurists and lawyers has found a pattern of human and legal rights violations against Native Americans and other minorities in the United States. Their three-week investigation focused on political prisoners and discovered abuses of both the activists and the criminal process. (Author/DS)
Descriptors: Activism, American Indians, Civil Liberties, Court Litigation
