Homesteading required abandoning tribal relations, and so the Nooksack, a consistently recognized tribe from the 1850s to the 1880s, became a federally nonrecognized tribe. (Author)

Potential products of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act are: pressures for cash that will give rise to "the sharking industries"; competition among the once cooperatively oriented Alaska Natives; a loss of Native land through the inability to pay taxes; the acculturation/assimilation of the Alaska Native. (JC)

Throughout American history, marital property reform has been a concern of farm women. With most of the farm family's business assets in real estate, women without the right of ownership can find that they have limited wealth and no influence in the distribution of the farm's assets. The National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws…

The legislative history of American Indian involvement in the submarginal lands issue is reviewed. (JC)

Briefly recounting the history of the Omaha American Indians, this article makes a plea for relocation of the Bureau of Indian Affairs local Agency in Macy near the Omaha reservation, suggesting that the Returned Students movement is a response to this need for the Agency's relocation. (JC)

This paper suggests some answers and tentative conclusions about the relationship between farm size and parcellization, with emphasis on responses of farmers in Jamaica and Nigeria. (Author/ND)

Second in a 3-part series of case studies tracing the impact of the "Anglo revolution" on New Mexico, this article traces the effect of the "Anglo revolution" in the history of New Mexico's vast Maxwell Land Grant, which involves property ownership and property law. (Editor/NQ)

The product of an international conference (discrimination against indigenous populations), this Declaration addresses: recognition of indigenous nations; subjects of international law; guarantee of rights; accordance of independence; treaties; abrogation of treaties and other rights; jurisdiction; claims to territory; settlement of disputes;…

Many American Indians experienced the American Revolution differently; Western tribes fearful of American expansionism tended to become loyalists, while east coast tribes already submerged in English society generally saw the rebellion as an opportunity to prove themselves deserving of full political equality via loyalty to their patriot…

A special report of the California Legislature's Joint Legislative Audit Committee addresses the school site acquisition process to attempt to discern how the system has allowed a minimum of nine Los Angeles public schools to be built on toxic lands. The report examines two such sites, the Jefferson Middle School (JMS) and the combined elementary…

In at least some cases, the purpose of the donor and the college treasury may be better served by the gift of land or an interest in land, with a long-term lease-back. (Author)

Reviews 1972 State and Federal court cases dealing with (1) acquisition, use and control of school property; and (2) construction of school buildings. (JF)