Imagining Sovereignty: Self-Determination in American Indian Law and Literature

Authors

  • Matthew L.M. Fletcher Michigan State University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22024/UniKent/03/tm.276

Keywords:

Indigenous Studies, Native American, Sovereignty

Abstract

Review of 

David J. Carlson. Imagining Sovereignty: Self-Determination in American Indian Law and Literature. Norman, University of Oklahoma Press, 2016. 242pp.

 

Author Biography

Matthew L.M. Fletcher, Michigan State University

Matthew L.M. Fletcher is Professor of Law at Michigan State University College of Law and Director of the Indigenous Law and Policy Center. He sits as the Chief Justice of the Poarch Band of Creek Indians Supreme Court and also sits as an appellate judge for the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe, the Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians, the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians, the Hoopa Valley Tribe, the Nottawaseppi Huron Band of Potawatomi Indians, and the Santee Sioux Tribe of Nebraska. He is a member of the Grand Traverse Band, located in Peshawbestown, Michigan.

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Published

2016-11-28

How to Cite

Fletcher, M. L. (2016). Imagining Sovereignty: Self-Determination in American Indian Law and Literature. Transmotion, 2(1&2), 161. https://doi.org/10.22024/UniKent/03/tm.276

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 1&2 (2016): Double Issue with Contemporary Art Section guest curated by Andrea Carlson

Section

Reviews

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Copyright (c) 2016 Matthew L.M. Fletcher

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