To access this book's 2010 Update, click here. In addition, to bring the book up-to-date for 2011-12 before the new edition is released, click here. This casebook explores issues relating to property rights, environmental protection, and natural resources in Indian country. The book covers tribal, cultural and religious relationships with the land, fundamental principles of federal Indian law, land ownership and property rights of tribes, land use and environmental protection, natural resources development, taxation of lands and resources, water rights, usufructuary (hunting, fishing, gathering) rights, and international approaches to indigenous rights in land and natural resources. It is designed to be used in a stand-alone course or as a supplemental reader for courses in environmental law, natural resources law, or Native American studies. The second edition updates the casebook to include Supreme Court cases, such as the 2003 trust cases and the 2005 Sherrill case, as well as other judicial and legislative developments since 2002. The new edition also expands the materials on cultural and religious resources, natural resources damages, and international law; reorganizes the materials on water law; and includes the recent decision recognizing a right of habitat protection in treaties recognizing off-reservation fishing.

This casebook provides an introduction to the legal relationships between American Indian tribes, the federal government and the individual states. The foundational cases are incorporated with statutory text, background material, hypothetical questions, and discussion problems to enliven the classroom experience and enhance student engagement. The second edition includes expanded materials on gaming, international and comparative law, and more photographs, images, and suggestions for links to external sources.

"This federal Indian law casebook has an unprecedented focus on Native nation-building, including cutting-edge materials on tribal economies and tribal justice systems unavailable elsewhere. The seventh edition retains classic material on the history of federal Indian law and policy, including the medieval origins of the "doctrine of discovery," and the shifting eras of Indian law leading to the current nation-building era. The book covers the federal tribal relationship; tribal sovereignty and jurisdiction; Indian religion and culture; water rights; treaty rights; rights of Alaska natives and native Hawaiians; and international legal perspectives"--Publisher's website.

Getches, Wilkinson, Williams and Fletcher's Cases and Materials on Federal Indian Law is the leading law school casebook on federal Indian law. It has an unprecedented focus on Native nation building, including cutting-edge materials on tribal economies and tribal justice systems unavailable elsewhere. The sixth edition retains classic material on the history of federal Indian law and policy, including the medieval origins of the "Doctrine of Discovery," and the shifting eras of Indian law leading to the current nation-building era. The book covers: The federal tribal relationship Tribal sovereignty and jurisdiction Indian religion and culture Water rights Treaty rights Rights of Alaska natives and native Hawaiians International legal perspectives