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Peer reviewedPhelps, Glenn A. – American Indian Quarterly, 1985
Reviews history of Arizona Indian voting rights. Details current dispute over voting rights in Apache County (Arizona). Explores three unanswered questions in light of current constitutional interpretation. Stresses solution to political disputes will require climate of mutual trust, awareness of constitutional rights/obligations of all concerned,…
Descriptors: American Indians, Constitutional Law, Court Litigation, Federal Indian Relationship
Peer reviewedSvingen, Orlan J. – American Indian Quarterly, 1987
Reviews history of voting rights for Indians and discusses a 1986 decision calling for election reform in Big Horn County, Montana, to eliminate violations of the voting rights of the county's Indian citizens. Notes that positive effects--such as election of the county's first Indian commissioner--co-exist with enduring anti-Indian sentiment. (JHZ)
Descriptors: American Indian History, American Indians, Blacks, Citizen Participation
