American Indian Law Review

The <i>American Indian Law Review</i> serves as a nationwide scholarly forum for analysis of developments in legal issues pertaining to Native Americans and indigenous peoples worldwide. Publishing two issues each year, AILR circulates in-depth articles by legal scholars, attorneys and other expert observers. In addition, the <i>Review</i> provides comments and notes written by student members and editors on a variety of Indian law-related topics.

List of Papers (Total 709)

The Need for Law in Federal Indian Law: A Response to Maggie Blackhawk in Light of the Supreme Court’s Troubling Term for Tribal Sovereignty

By Nicholas B. Mauer, Published on 01/01/25

The “Arm” That Saves You Might Also Strangle You: The Impact of Sovereign Immunity on Economic Arms of Tribes and How It Could Affect Others’ Willingness to Contract with Them

By Josh Pumphrey, Published on 01/01/25

The Native Fight for Hunting Rights: The Crow Tribe and Herrera v. Wyoming

By Jacob Lewis, Published on 01/01/25

Into the Jurisdictionverse: How Tangled Jurisdictional Lines Around Indian Country Thwart Attempts to End the Crisis of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women

By Evan Gamble, Published on 01/01/25

Tribal Authority to Issue Search Warrants to Non-Tribal Entities or on Non-Indian Land Within Reservation Boundaries

By Ivy K. Chase, Published on 01/01/25

Institutions and Economic Development

By Ezra Rosser, Published on 01/01/25

A Tribal Court Blueprint for the Choctaw Freedmen: Effect of Cherokee Nation v. Nash

By LeeAnn Littlejohn, Published on 01/01/24

Oklahoma v. Castro-Huerta—Using Sentencing Inequities to Address the Oliphant in the Room

By Dillon M. Sullivan, Published on 01/01/24

The Amplified Federal Obligation: Why Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization Amplifies the Federal Government’s Obligation to Provide Comprehensive Reproductive Health Care in Native American Communities

By Rebecca M. Kamp, Published on 01/01/24

Benefit Corporations—A Tool for Economic Development and Fostering Sovereignty in Tribal Business Structures

By Madelynn M. Dancer, Published on 01/01/24

How Poor Is Poor Enough? How Jurisdictional Differences in Implementing the Right to Counsel Affect Indigent Native Americans

By J. Santana Spangler-Day, Published on 01/01/24

Removing the Stain Without Undermining Military Awards: Revoking Medals Earned at Wounded Knee Creek in 1890

By Dwight S. Mears, Published on 01/01/24

Unprincipled Preemption: Why the Supreme Court Was Wrong in Oklahoma v. Castro-Huerta to Abandon Exclusive Federal Jurisdiction over Crimes by Non-Indians Against Indians in Indian Country

By Eric Ramoutar, Published on 01/01/24

A Note on Navajo Nation v. Urban Outfitters, Inc.

By Brantly J. Stockton, Published on 01/01/24

Oklahoma v. Castro-Huerta: Oklahoma’s Latest Power Grab and Its Implications for Native Women in a Post-Roe World

By Camryn A. Conroy, Published on 01/01/24

The Indian Child Welfare Act, Political Classification of “Indians,” and Preservation of Tribal Sovereignty: Children, the Most Precious Resource

By Rachel Yost, Published on 01/01/24

The Split from Precedent: An Analysis of the Negative Impact Oklahoma v. Castro-Huerta Will Have in Indian Country

By Meg A. Bloom, Published on 01/01/24

Winner, Best Appellate Brief in the 2023 Native American Law Student Association Moot Court Competition

By Noah Goldenberg and Clayton Kinsey, Published on 01/01/23

Indian Country’s Continued Struggle with the Opioid Crisis: Focused Problem Areas, the Federal Government’s Response, and What More Can Be Done

By AshLynn M. Wilkerson, Published on 01/01/23

The Administration of Injustice: The Conflict Between Federal and Tribal Criminal Jurisdiction

By Grace Slaff, Published on 01/01/23

Pachamama over People and Profit: A Case for Indigenous Ecology and Environmental Personhood

By Hilda Loury, Published on 01/01/23

The Winding Trail: A Look at Non-Linear Temporality in Literary Works in Response to the Issue of Sovereignty

By Gabrielle Jones, Published on 01/01/23

Winner, Best Appellate Brief in the 2022 Native American Law Student Association Moot Court Competition

By Daniel Ahrens and Case Nieboer, Published on 01/01/23

“The Center Cannot Hold”: Nation and Narration in American Indian Law

By Chantelle van Wiltenburg, Published on 01/01/23

Cooley’s Hidden Ramifications: Has the Supreme Court Extended the Terry Doctrine for Automobile Searches to the Point of Eliminating Probable Cause?

By Thomas G. Hamilton, Published on 01/01/23