The Tribes and the States: Geographies of Intergovernmental Interaction

by Brad A. Bays (Editor), Erin Hogan Fouberg (Editor), Kate A. Berry (Contribution by), Syma A. Ebbin (Contribution by), W Dale Mason (Contribution by)

Overview

Sovereignty establishes a government-to-government relationship between American Indian tribes and the United States. Exploring tribal-state interactions over land and sovereignty, this book takes a geographical look at issues of environmental regulation, expansion of gaming, criminal jurisdiction, taxation, fishing, and transportation. The contributors find repeatedly that tribes and states have two choices—litigate or cooperate. While identifying the encroachment of state jurisdiction in Indian country, this book also seeks to develop a resource for tribes, states, and all actors in their relationships and to show that no tribal-state interaction has to be a zero-sum game.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780742510609
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	08/20/2002
Pages:	240
Product dimensions:	9.28(w) x 6.00(h) x 0.72(d)

About the Author

Brad A. Bays is associate professor of geography at Oklahoma State University. Erin Hogan Fouberg is assistant professor of geography at Mary Washington College.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Tribal-State Affairs: American States as "Disclaiming" Sovereigns Chapter 2 Kansas and the Exodus of the Miami Tribe Chapter 3 Jurisdiction in South Dakota: Diminishment and the Question of Indian Character Chapter 4 Tribes and States: A New Era in Intergovernmental Affairs Chapter 5 The Struggle over the Geographic Expansion of Indian Gaming Chapter 6 Tribes, States, the EPA, and the Territorial Politics of Environmental Protection Chapter 7 State and Tribal Relations in Transportation: A Washington Case Study Chapter 8 Dividing the Waters: Cooperative Management and the Allocation of Pacific Salmon Chapter 9 Tribal-State Tobacco Compacts and Motor Fuel Contracts in Oklahoma

Editorial Reviews

A recently published collection of essays, The Tribes and the States: Geographies of Intergovernmental Interaction, sheds a great deal of light on this subject and provides an excellent resource base on related issues. We congratulate the emerging crop of scholars—both Native and non-Native—who are delving deeply and seriously into these dynamics. They have provided Indian country with a valuable resource tool that should be studied by Native leaders and opinion-makers everywhere.

Indian Country Today

Arguing that the greatest threat to Native American sovereignty in the United States can arguably be said to come from state governments and courts, Bays (geography, Oklahoma State U.) and Fouberg (geography, Mary Washington College) present nine contributions that explore tribal-state relations as it pertains to land use and ownership and other geographical issues. Much of the material analyzes case studies of particular litigations or cooperative programs between the states and the tribes, including jurisdiction and diminishment in South Dakota, the geographic expansion of Indian gaming, the territorial politics of environmental protection, transportation politics in Washington, and cooperative management of the allocation of Pacific Salmon. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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