Consent And Resistance: The Modern Struggle Between American Indian Tribes And The United States

Consent And Resistance: The Modern Struggle Between American Indian Tribes And The United States Matthew L. M. Fletcher, 2010   After a few years of late 19th century confusion, the United States Supreme Court held definitively in 1898 that the United States Constitution does not bind Indian tribes. Indian tribes were not invited to the Constitutional Convention. Indian tribes never ratified the Constitution (nor were they asked). The Constitution places Indian tribes and foreign nations in...

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