Uneven Ground: American Indian Sovereignty and Federal Law, Paperback/David E. Wilkins - University of Oklahoma Press

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In the early 1970s, the Federal government began recognizing self-determination for American Indian nations.
Tsianina Lomawaima discuss how the political rights and sovereign status of Indian nations have variously been respected, ignored, terminated, and unilaterally modified by Federal lawmakers as a result of the ambivalent political and legal status of tribes under western law..
Wilkins and K.
David E.
Tribal courts struggle with state and Federal courts for jurisdiction.
Treaty rights to hunt, fish, and gather remain hotly contested, and traditional religious practices have been denied protection.
Starting in the late 1980s, states have tried to regulate and profit from casino gambling on Indian lands.
Yet these gains have not gone unchallenged.
As sovereign entities, Indian nations have been able to establish policies concerning health care, education, religious freedom, law enforcement, gaming, and taxation.
In the early 1970s, the Federal government began recognizing self-determination for American Indian nations