NAS 213 Federal Indian Policy & Law
This course introduces students to the basic doctrines of federal Indian policy and law and to the foundations of tribal sovereignty. The course examines traditional tribal systems of organization, the history of federal Indian policy and its origins in European legal tradition, the history and role of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and the interaction between tribal, federal, and state authorities on Indian lands. Students analyze major documents of U.S. Indian policy as well as several Ojibwe treaties.