Old promises: the judiciary and the future of Native American federal acknowledgment litigation. From: University of Pennsylvania Law Review | Date: May 1, 2003| Author: Mather, Alva C. | COPYRIGHT 2003 University of Pennsylvania, Law School. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

INTRODUCTION

The United States government has "'moral obligations of the highest responsibility'" (1) to the four million American Indians (2) and Alaska Natives residing in the United States. (3) The federal government, however, presently only honors its fiduciary duty to a portion of the current Indian population.

Today, Native American tribes are divided into two categories: those recognized by the federal government, and those not formally "recognized" by...

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