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Sovereignty and Land Rights of Indigenous Peoples in the United States

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  1. Wayne Edwards

    1. Economics, Saint Michael’s College, Colchester, USA

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  • Presents a comparative analysis of sovereignty across the three major groups of indigenous peoples in the United States: American Indians, Native Alaskans, and Native Hawaiians

  • Shows that the outcomes of the sovereign claims of the three major indigenous groups in the United States are very different even though the basis for their claims were similar

  • Inculcates the finding that, across all three indigenous groups, while the US government insists that it is in a government-to-government relationship with tribes, the federal authority limits severely the ability of tribal governments to participate as an equal partner

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Introduction

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    Pages 1-10

  3. A Very Brief History of the Relationship Between Indigenous Peoples and the US Government

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    Pages 11-34

  4. Sovereignty

    • Wayne Edwards
    Pages 35-70

  5. Economic Outcomes of People

    • Wayne Edwards
    Pages 71-90

  6. The Value and Use of Land

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    Pages 91-109

  7. The Future of Indigenous Sovereignty and the Paths for Native Development in the United States

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    Pages 111-131

  8. Conclusion

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    Pages 133-149

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 151-204
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This book presents a comparative study of the land settlements and sovereign arrangements between the US government and the three major aggregated groups of indigenous peoples—American Indians, Native Alaskans, and Native Hawaiians—whose land rights claims have resulted in very different outcomes. It shows that the outcomes of their sovereign claims were different, though their bases were similar. While the US government insists that it is committed to the government-to-government relationship it has with the tribes, federal authority severely limits the ability of tribal governments to participate as an equal partner. 

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Authors and Affiliations

  • Economics, Saint Michael’s College, Colchester, USA

    Wayne Edwards

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Wayne Edwards is Research Associate in Economics at St. Michael’s College, USA.            

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