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U.S Attorneys. 2015. Frequently Asked Questions about Public Law 83-280


 * justice.gov is a government website, which makes it a reliable source.

U.S department of heath & human services. American Indians and Alaska Natives- Public Law 280 tribes

Anderson, T. L., & Parker, D. P. (2008). Sovereignty, credible commitments, and economic prosperity on American Indian reservations. Journal of Law & Economics, 51(4), 641–666. https://doi.org/10.1086/590205
 * This is another government website, this provides information on what states have been involved with PL 280.

Terry L. Anderson earned his PhD in economics at University of Washington, he taught at Montana State and has authored/ edited 37 books. Dominic P. Parker is a professor at University of Wisconsin Madison, he teaches economic courses and some law courses as well. The method of analysis for this source was a literature review. Tribal sovereignty allows the tribe to make decisions that can benefit them but may hinder their growth economically in the process. Tribes under Public Law 280 have showed signs of significant growth regarding income versus tribes who do not fall under Public Law 280 jurisdiction. The difficult thing is once the tribe rescinds its power to state legislature, they lose their autonomy to act in their own best interests. There review and work was put together well, it showed the disparities of Public Law 280 that are not known publicly. I will use this article because it looks at the effects of choosing autonomy over economic growth which is what has been an important area in Native American history.

Berger, B. R. (2010). Reconciling equal protection and federal indian law. California Law Review, 98(4), 1165–1197.

She is a professor at UConn’s School of Law and earned her JD at Yale University. Her field of work is in American Indian Law, property, and conflict of laws. This article is a lit review of topics on Federal Indian Law and Policy in the U.S. The purpose of this article is to take a closer look at equal protection for Native Americans and why it is being violated under the federal laws and policies put in place. There is also a section that discusses a way to reduce tension between equal protection and Federal Indian Policy. Under federal laws and policies today, Native Americans are still being disregarded in the eyes of the government, almost as they are invisible. I will use this article because it truly shows that policies put on Native Americans can have negative connotations behind the scenes.

Goldberg, C. (2012). Captured justice: Native nations and Public Law 280. Harvard Law Review, 126(1), 404–.

Carole Goldberg received her J.D at Stanford and is now a Professor at UCLA and has been since 1972 where she teaches Civil Procedure, Federal Indian Law and Tribal Legal Systems. She has also served on courts of appeals for a few indigenous nations. Duane Champagne is a Emeritus professor of sociology and American Indian studies at UCLA and Law at UCLA School of Law. This is a research study conducted by both authors to develop a consensus on both parties involved in Public Law 280. Both authors look at the connections for state and tribal stakeholders under Public Law 280. After they looked at both points of view, they applied it to survey data collected from either side. This article represents research on both sides and can show what is at stake and what each point of view may look like from an insider perspective. I really like that this was a research study aimed at looking at both sides of the argument on whether Public Law 280 is worth the cause. I will be using this in my paper.

Dimitrova, G. V., Grajzl, P., & Guse, A. J. (2014). Jurisdiction, Crime, and Development: The Impact of Public Law 280 in Indian Country. Law & Society Review, 48(1), 127–160. https://doi.org/10.1111/lasr.12054

Valentina Dimitrova Grajzl is an economics professor at the Virginia Military Institute. She received her PhD from the University of Maryland where she also received her master’s. Peter Grajzl has taught courses within the field of economics and currently is a research network fellow at CESifo in Munich Germany. He has received teaching awards from both University of Maryland and the Central European University. HE received his PhD from the University of Maryland. Joseph Guse earned his PhD from the University of Wisconsin. He teaches courses on micro and statistics for economics and courses related to culture and history of the Lakota and Tohono O’Odham tribes. The number of studies on Public Law 280 is limited and does not exactly explain why the law came into existence. The goal of the article was to look at the impact that Public Law 280 had on the economic status of each reservation affected. Public Law 280 essentially changed the jurisdiction for criminal and civil matters from federal to the state legislature. This provided the reservations with less tribal sovereignty and more state authority over laws. Looking at where public Law 280 was imposed, there was an increase in crime and a decrease in income making it more impoverished in those areas. The journal will work well in the research for my paper because it looks at the socioeconomic impact on reservations in which the law was enacted. The goal of the paper is to find out whether Public Law 280 is justified in Indian country.

Getches, D. H., Wilkinson, C. F., & Williams Jr. R. A. (1998). Cases and Materials on Federal Indian Law: Fourth Edition. American Casebook Series.

David Getches received his J.D from University of Southern California Law. He served as dean of the University of Colorado School of Law up until 2011. The day after he passed, he received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Congress of American Indians which happens to be their highest honor. Charles is an Emeritus and distinguished professor of law at the University Colorado-Boulder. He is a graduate of Stanford Law and received multiple teaching and research awards. Robert Williams is an American lawyer, author, and legal scholar, he has worked on federal Indian law, indigenous people’s rights and other topics related to race. He has received multiple high honored awards and is an enrolled Lumbee Indian Tribe in North Carolina. He received his J.D from Harvard Law School. This Casebook is a large sample of literature review on federal Indian law. This case book provides information on Federal Indian Law and provides examples to what each policy entails. They explained in the preface that over a source of 20 years that Indian law had changed rapidly and that it is a growing field that expanding faster and changing then we can comprehend, and it is important to understand that policies used in this book may have become outdated since the newest addition, but it provides a great resource and provides a base for my information. I will be using this case book in my sources for this paper.