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If this is your first time visiting Notes on Indian Law, or you’re wanting a quick link to your favorite topic, then look no further!  Below is a list of my substantive articles.

Federal Indian Law

General Stuff

• Tribal Sovereign Immunity Basics
• How Do Native Americans Get Their Land Back?
• Native America in 2010
• What is the Tillie Hardwick Settlement About?

Tribal Sovereign Immunity

• New California Case: Tribal Operated Loan Companies Protected by Sovereign Immunity
• New 9th Circuit Case: Tribal Sovereign Immunity Extends to Tribal Corporations
• The FLSA Does Not Apply to Indian Casinos

Tribal Disenrollment

• Download the entire “Legality of Tribal Disenrollments” in one PDF
• The Legality of Tribal Disenrollments: Greed or Growing Pains?  (Part 1)
• The Legality of Tribal Disenrollments: Greed or Growing Pains?  (Part 2)
• The Legality of Tribal Disenrollments: Greed or Growing Pains?  (Part 3)
• The Legality of Tribal Disenrollments: Greed or Growing Pains? (Part 4)
• Tribal Disenrollments: Greed or Growing Pains?  (Conclusion)

• More Disenrollments at Chukchansi; the Trouble with Documents (Addendum to Disenrollment articles)
• Rare (and Published) Ninth Circuit Decision on Tribal Disenrollment

Constitutional Law

• First Amendment Basics
• Presidential War Making Authority

Legal Research

• Quick WestLaw Tip: Use the Digest and Synopsis Field Restrictions to Quickly Find Points of Law
• Tools for Better Legal Writing
• Tools for Better Legal Writing (Part 2)