[DOWNLOAD] "Gilbert V. Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe: The South Dakota Supreme Court Assumes Jurisdiction, Overlooks Federal Indian Law, And Misapplies Constitutional Principles to a Tribal Nation." by South Dakota Law Review ~ eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Gilbert V. Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe: The South Dakota Supreme Court Assumes Jurisdiction, Overlooks Federal Indian Law, And Misapplies Constitutional Principles to a Tribal Nation.
- Author : South Dakota Law Review
- Release Date : January 22, 2009
- Genre: Education,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 327 KB
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I. INTRODUCTION The United States Supreme Court has long recognized that Indian nations, as sovereign entities pre-dating the federal Constitution, are "distinct political communities, having territorial boundaries, within which their authority is exclusive[.]" (2) Tribes possess the inherent right to "make their own substantive law in internal matters[.]" (3)