Tribal Self-Determination and Environmental Federalism: Cultural Values as a Force for Sustainability
Author:
Dean B. Suagee
Date Published:
1998
Description:
This article addresses the role of Indian tribal governments in making environmental federalism work. While the literature on tribal roles in protecting the environment is growing, much of what has been published is the work of scholars and practitioners whose primary expertise is in the field of federal Indian law. The more generalized literature on environmental law provides numerous examples of ignorance or misunderstanding of the actual and potential roles of tribal governments. Dean Suagee raises a few questions in this article: First, why is it that this judicial assault on tribal self-determination has only received attention from tribal attorneys and a handful of legal scholars, and has been largely ignored by the larger American society? Second, does the legal education establishment bear some responsibility for this development? Third, does environmental federalism offer a way to hold off the assault and help us (the American people) move toward widespread acceptance of the permanence of tribal governments as the third type of sovereign in our federal system?
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