Preface And Introduction Native American Natural Resources Law

This is the tables of contents and cases, the preface, and part of the introductory chapter to the 3rd edition of Native American Natural Resources Law, published by Carolina Academic Press. This coursebook is suitable for a 2- or 3-credit course in Indian Law or Environmental and Natural Resources Law. No previous coursework in either subject is required to understand the material, however. The book includes chapters on 1) land, religion, and culture; 2) basics in federal Indian law; 3) land ownership and use; 4) environmental protection; 5) natural resource development; 6) taxation of natural resources; 7) water rights; 8) hunting, fishing and gathering rights; and 9) international indigenous peoples issues. There is an accompanying teachers' manual.