AMERICAN INDIAN NATURAL RESOURCES LAW

AMERIND/ENVIRST/GEOG 345

Surveys the concepts, practices, and issues associated with caring for nature in American Indian communities.

AMERIND/ENVIRST 306

Indigenous peoples often have very close relationships to ancestral homelands, species and natural resources. However, definitions of "indigenous" can be controversial and highly politicized. Diverse outlooks on identities, worldviews and environmental governance clarify the complex meanings of indigeneity in the US. Highlights American Indian perspectives, conservation practices, and policy environments through consideration of US and international case studies. American Indian experiences shed light on pressing issues of resource sustainability and sovereignty, and demonstrate linkages to global Indigenous environmental issues and strategies.

LAW 845

Acquisition and nature of private rights in water comparing the riparian and appropriation legal systems; public rights as limitations on private rights, the firming up of rights by grant, contract, compulsory purchase and prescription and the administrative systems for water quality management.

AMERIND/LEGALST 480

Historical survey of federal Indian law and policy and selected topics focusing on contemporary federal Indian law and policy issues and problems. Principles of jurisdiction, sovereignty, and federal trust duties will also be covered.

LAW 730

The study of the relationships between Federal, state, and tribal governments, the source and scope of their respective sovereignties, and time.