Native American Law: Property

In addition to the books highlighted on this page, there are also a number of journal articles discussing Native American property related issues. Of the resources available to law students, Hein Online (available through the Schmid Law Library homepage) provides access to a rich, deep collection of law journal articles; it is an excellent place to start researching for journal articles.

Professor Shoemaker has written extensively in this area:

• An Introduction to American Indian Land Tenure: Mapping the Legal Landscape, 5 J.L. Prop. & Soc'y 1 (2020).
• Transforming Property: Reclaiming Indigenous Land Tenure, 107 Calif. L. Rev. 1531 (2019).
• Complexity's Shadow: American Indian Property, Sovereignty, and the Future, 115 Mich. L. Rev. 487 (2016-2017).
• Emulsified Property, 43 Pepp. L. Rev. 945 (2015-2016).
• No Sticks in My Bundle: Rethinking the Indian Land Tenure Problem, 63 U. Kan. L. Rev. 383 (2014-2015).
• Like Snow in the Spring Time: Allotment, Fractionation, and the Indian Land Tenure Problem, 2003 Wis. L. Rev. 729 (2003).

A small selection of available articles by other authors are provided below.