Treating Tribes Differently: Civil Jurisdiction Inside and Outside Indian Country
By Max Minzner, February 8, 2012
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The author analyzes why Native American tribes are treated differently from states, but are indistinguishable under the existing jurisdictional framework established by the Supreme Court despite wide-ranging differences between tribes. The article features discussion of dispute resolution mechanisms employed by the various Native American tribes, including some that resemble mediation.
