June 25, 2008page: Jennifer Newman | Last updated: April 19, 2006

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the Middle Ground Project

From Justice Greg Hobbs

Key Documents from US History

US Constitution

The Homestead Act of 1862

Pacific Railway Act of 1862

Navajo Treaty of 1868

The Dawes Act of 1887

The Indian Reorganization Act, June 18, 1934

8 USC 1401

Indian Child Welfare Act

Indian Religious Freedom Act

Indian Self Determination Act

Indian Civil Rights Act

 

Court Cases
BH v. People (Indian Child Welfare Act Decision)
Gila River (Indian Homeland Reserved Water Rights Decision)
People vs. Schafer (Search and Seizure Tent Decision)
US v. Friday (Indian Religous Freedom Act Decision)
U.S. v. Tawahongva (Indian Religious Freedom Act Decision)
U.S. v. Wheeler (Navajo Tribal Court jurisdiction over Tribe members)
Winters v. US (First Decision Recognizing Indian Reserved Water Rights)
Worcester v. Georgia (Chief Justice John Marshall's Decision on Indian Nation v. State Sovereignty)
People v Hall, 1854 Cal (No non-white person can testify against a white person)
Oliphant, 1978, U.S.(Tribal courts have no criminal jurisdiction over non-Indians)
Navajo Nation v. U.S. Forest Service (San Francisco Peaks  Religious Freedom Restoration Act case)

 

Other Documents

Navajo Teacher's Sovereignty Workshop
Two Story House

 

From Kathryn Winograd

 

Navajo Nation Workshop

Poems from the Navajo Nation