Examines the public confusion and intergovernmental conflicts that arise from overlapping jurisdictions in "Indian Country" (reservations and surrounding counties). Presents legal and proprietal, ethnohistorical, and political-geographical views of Indian Country. Discusses jurisdictional problems related to geography, subject matter…

Focuses on the role that maps have played in delimiting, clarifying, and evaluating Indian land tenure. Demonstrates the utility of the map record to academic research and land administration using five southern California maps representing a cross-section of types and preparation methods. Contains 51 references. (SV)

Provides students of American Indian affairs with a schematic map survey in 10 subject areas that demonstrate stages in the history of Indian land tenure and territoriality. Pulls together relevant map sources and indicates their cartographic utility. Contains references in extensive notes. (SV)

This article seeks to present a continuing bibliography of research on Southern California Indians from the past 20 years, and sometimes beyond. The coverage reaches outside the variably defined bounds of Southern California so that it includes peripheral groups such as the Timbisha Shoshone of Death Valley and one or more groups in the Owens…