U.S. Supreme Court
Dec. 2, 2015
Justices ask whether federal-tribal relations should affect claim timeliness rules
A fight over tribal contract health care costs may seem incongruous in the larger scheme of things. But it is the larger scheme of things that encapsulates this case. Billions of acres of tribal land clearly have been transferred to non-Native Americans. By Melody McCoy
The United States consists of 2.3 billion acres. Area-wise, it is the fourth largest country in the world. Most of the land was acquired by the U.S. government from Native American and Alaska Native tribes which inhabited this country before Europeans arrived. War, bilateral treaties, unilateral laws, genocide and theft were among the means of acquisition.
Notwithstanding the loss of their land, many tribes survived, and the ...
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