Arizona: Hopi Tradition As Jurisdiction: On The Potentializing Limits Of Hopi Sovereignty

Arizona: Hopi Tradition As Jurisdiction: On The Potentializing Limits Of Hopi Sovereignty Justin B. Richland, 2011   In this article I reconsider Hopi tradition as jurisdiction—reflexive moments of Hopi legal discourse that orient to the limits of Hopi sovereignty, even as they presuppose its power. I explore these themes in two significant moments of Hopi political history. First, I consider the uses of tradition in the creation of the contemporary Hopi tribe through the field notes of the...

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