Publication Date
6-1-2001
Abstract
This paper explores the effect of the Indian Reorganization Act on the Three Affiliated Tribes: The Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nations of Fort Berthold, North Dakota. The main purpose of this paper is to invite tribal discussion within the MHA Elders and among the Three Tribes as to whether the TAT should adopt a constitutional form of separation of powers. Part I of this paper begins with the history of the Three Affiliated Tribes. Part II explores the values of separation of powers in the federal constitution. Part III addresses the historical government separation of powers. Part IV demonstrates how federal policy impacts the amount of power that the Tribal government can dispense. Parts V and VI, the heart of the paper, delineate the current separation of powers in the internal government structure and ways in which the values underlying separation of powers could be institutionalized in the Three Affiliated Tribes' Constitution. Part VII addresses the division of power between the IRA government and the civil rights of its People. Part VIII compares the traditional government with the current governmental structure of power. In conclusion, Part IX briefly discusses what changes could be implemented to balance the powers of government and how these changes could be implemented.
Publisher
University of New Mexico School of Law
Document Type
Student Paper
Recommended Citation
Birdsbill Ford, Rebecca Anne. "The Power Structure of the Three Affiliated Tribes." (2001). https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/law_studentscholarship/21
Comments
66 p. ; An outstanding student paper selected as a Honors Paper.