Getches, Wilkinson, Williams, Fletcher, Carpenter, and Singel's Cases and Materials on Federal Indian Law, 8th

The 8th Edition of the federal Indian law casebook covers recent updates in Supreme Court jurisprudence, as well as statutory and regulatory material. Major developments include the recovery of tribal jurisdiction through judicial decisions and legislative enactments, affirmation of the Indian Child Welfare Act, and law and policy addressing domestic violence in Indian Country and the epidemic of Missing and Murdered Indigenous People. The 8th Edition also considers efforts to secure treaty rights to water during an era of climate change and the fluctuating availability of funding for tribal operations amidst changing presidential administrations.

The 8th Edition retains classic material on the history of federal Indian law and policy, including the medieval origins of the “Doctrine of Discovery,” and the shifting eras of Indian law leading to the present era of self-determination and human rights. The book covers the federal tribal relationship; tribal property rights, tribal sovereignty and jurisdiction; tribal justice systems, Indian religion and culture; water rights; treaty rights; rights of Alaska natives and native Hawaiians; and international and comparative legal perspectives, including the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.