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Native American Natural Resources Law

Native American Natural Resources Law - Professor Michael Blumm

Course Number: LAW-518
Course Type: Foundational
Credits: 3
Enrollment Limit: Determined by the Registrar
Description: This course considers a variety of natural resources and environmental law issues of concern to American Indian peoples. The broad themes of the course involve an understanding of the role of the history of the federal-tribal relation of relevance to contemporary concerns, the significance of tribal sovereignty, and the distinction between tribal sovereign control and proprietary ownership of natural resources. The course also examines a variety of federal-state-tribal jurisdictional conflicts over natural resources development and environmental protection. Specific topics include land claims; the land-into-trust process; environmental regulation, including tribal regulation; mineral and timber development; water rights, and fishing, hunting, and gathering rights, which are of particular concern to tribes in the Pacific Northwest.
Prerequisite: none
Evaluation Method: Final take-home examination; class participation
Capstone: no
WIE: no

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