Tribal Self-Determination at the Crossroads

Authors

Kevin Washburn, University of New Mexico - School of LawFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-2006

Abstract

The tribal self-determination initiative that began transforming federal Indian policy thirty years ago has reached a crossroads. Despite its transformative effects on tribal governments and the widespread belief that self-determination has been a successful federal approach to Indian affairs, no significant new self-determination program has been initiated at the congressional level in several years. This Article looks to the tribal self-determination initiative's past to gain insights about its future. It also briefly surveys existing tribal self-determination programs and concludes that far more work needs to be done to achieve tribal self-determination. Drawing on the author's broader work, it finds one glaring gap in tribal self-determination to be the area of tribal criminal law and criminal justice.

Publication Title

Connecticut Law Review

Volume

38

First Page

777

Last Page

796

Recommended Citation

Kevin Washburn, Tribal Self-Determination at the Crossroads, 38 Connecticut Law Review 777 (2006).
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