New opportunities for Native American tribes to pursue environmental and natural resource claims

Duke Environmental Law and Policy Forum

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 155-183

  Kanner, Allan ^a   Casey, Ryan ^a   Ristroph, Barrett ^a  

^a Allan Kanner and Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ARENA;

EID: 2642530403     PISSN: 10643958     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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