Chapter 3 Tribal government

It gives specific state governments jurisdiction over offenses committed by or against Indian on tribal lands within those specific states.

Public law 280

This act granted citizenship to hundreds of thousands of Native Americans.

Synder act

The inherent right of a tribe to govern themselves.

Tribal sovereignty

The primary federal agency in charge of carrying out the United States' trust responsibility to Native Americans.

Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA)

What act ended the United States recognition of additional Native American tribes as independent nations and prohibited additional treaties from being made with the tribes?

Indian Appropriations Act

When a weaker nation accepts protection from a stronger nation but does not lose sovereignty it is called

a protectorate

The guardianship relationship started when the United States changed its Indian policy from maintained separation to

assimilation

When a minority group gradually adopts the customs and attitudes of the prevailing culture it is called

assimilation

The condition of being independent and having the right of self-governance is called

autonomy

The combined legal postions of the indigenous tribes in the United States has created a ________________ relationship between tribal nations and the federal government.

complex

The Bureau of Indian Affairs was administratively established in 1824 by Secretary of War John Calhoun within what department?

department of war

When a tribe possess internal governmental power over all affairs within the tribe, but lacks external authorities to engage in relationships with foreign nations is called

domestic dependent nation.

The status of a person who is a legal citizen of two or more sovereignty.

dual citizenship.

Tribes or groups of people that are original to a specific geographical area are called

indigenous tribes

A treaty between the federal government and an Native American tribe ___________ a piece of state legislation.

is supreme over

What act gave all people born on United States soil citizenship?

nationality act

Indian tribes possess inherent sovereignty. States governments are

not inherently sovereign

In 1935 the Supreme Court ruled that the federal government could not take Indian lands without doing what for the tribes?

paying the tribes just compensation

Complete power over a particular area with no limitations is called

plenary power

What act broke up tribal lands and distributed that land to Indian families in an effort to assimilate Native Americans?

the Dawes act

There are three specific mentions of the relationship between the United States and Native American tribes in what?

the constitution

What court provides a venue for prosecuting criminal cases on Native American reservations?

the court of Indian offences

What principle of United States Indian law states that the federal government has a duty to protect the tribes, tribal lands and resources,provide social services and preserve tribal autonomy?

trust Relationship

Benefits provided by the federal government to a certain group but not to all citizens is called

trust relationship

During the guardianship period the relationship between the federal government and the Indian tribes seemed to give the federal government_____________ power over the tribes.

unlimited