This presentation provides a foundational overview of Federal Indian and Tribal Law for legal professionals and law students. Topics covered include:
- Terminology and respectful language use
- The distinction between Federal Indian law and Tribal law
- Tribal Nations in the United States and Wisconsin
- Tribal sovereignty and its meaning
- Historical eras of federal Indian policy (Treaty Era through Self-Determination Era)
- The relationship between Tribal Nations and the federal government
- Jurisdictional issues, including recent Supreme Court decisions (McGirt v. Oklahoma, Oklahoma v. Castro-Huerta)
- Tribal governance structures and court systems
- Research strategies for Federal Indian and Tribal law
- New developments in legal citation of Tribal law sources
Presented by Bonnie Shucha, Associate Dean and Director of the Law Library, University of Wisconsin Law School.