1. Rosenblatt, Judith, Indians in Minnesota, University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis (1985).
"Answers to Frequently Asked Questions," Bureau of Indian Affairs.
3. 18 U.S.C., section 1151.
"Answers to Frequently Asked Questions," Bureau of Indian Affairs, and Indians in Minnesota.
5. Black's Law Dictionary, 5th Edition and 100 Questions, 500 Nations, A Reporter's Guide to Native
America, Native American Journalists Association, May 1998.
6. 100 Questions, 500 Nations, A Reporter's Guide to Native America.
"Answers to Frequently Asked Questions," Bureau of Indian Affairs, and Indians in Minnesota.
8. "Answers to Frequently Asked Questions," Bureau of Indian Affairs.
9. From the Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing (TIGER) data base, U.S.
Census Bureau. The map shows both American Indian Reservations identified by the Bureau of Indian
Affairs (BIA) and the American Indian Trust Lands as identified by the BIA.
10. Tiller, Veronica Velarde; Tiller's Guide to Indian Country: Economic Profiles of American Indian
Reservations, BowArrow Publishing Company, Albuquerque, New Mexico (1996).
11. Indians in Minnesota.
12. Red Lake Nation: Portraits of Ojibway Life and "Indian Affairs Council Annual Report," (1996 and
1997).
Anderson, Dennis; "Mille Lacs: A History. Chippewa History in Minnesota Dates to 1600s," Star
Tribune, March 23, 1997.
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Pond, Samuel, and Anderson, Gary Clayton; The Dakota Sioux in Minnesota As They Were in 1834,
Minnesota Historical Society Press, St. Paul, (1986).
Tiller's Guide to Indian Country.
Conrey, Phoebe; "1994 Primary Care Access Plan," Minnesota Department of Health, Office of Rural
Health and Primary Care (January 1995).
18. Minnesota Planning, Office of the State Demographer, and U.S. Census Bureau; "Age, Race and Sex Estimates - 1990 through 1997."
19. Current Population Survey; "Race and Ethnicity Supplement,"(May 1995).
20. City of Minneapolis; State of the City 1996: A Statistical Portrait of Minneapolis, City Planning
Department (January 1997).
21. "Statistics on American Indians in the Minneapolis-St. Paul Area."
22. City of Minneapolis; State of the City 1996: A Statistical Portrait of Minneapolis.
23. St. Paul Public Schools (1998).
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Community Through 2000," United Way of Minneapolis Area, Minneapolis, Minnesota (1995).
Adams, John and VanDrasek, Barbara; Minneapolis-St. Paul: People, Place, and Public Life,
University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis (1993).
McIntire, Shelly; "Statistics on American Indians in the Minneapolis-St. Paul Area," (September
1994).
Metropolitan Council; "Data-Log: Minority Population Distribution Trends in the Twin Cities
Metropolitan Area," (October 1993).
American Indian Learning Resource Center; "Native American Resource Directory," University of
Minnesota (February 1994).
Minneapolis-St. Paul: People, Place, and Public Life.
1990 Census: St. Paul Planning Districts.
Minneapolis-St. Paul: People, Place, and Public Life.
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Cohen, Felix S., Handbook of Federal Indian Law (1982), pp. 217-225.
Worcester v. Georgia 31 U.S. 515, 528 (1832).
Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife v. Klamath Indian Tribe, 473 U.S. 753, 766, 105 S. Ct. 3420,
87 L.Ed2d 542 (1985).
U.S. v. Dion, 476 U.S. 734, 740, 106 S. Ct. 2216 (1986).
Rosebud Sioux Tribe v. Kneip 430 U.S. 584, 97S.Ct. 1361 and Lone Wolf v. Hitchcock, 187 U.S.
553, 566 (1903).
Menominee Tribe of Indians v. United States, 391 U.S. 404, 88 S.Ct. 1705 (1968).
Black's Law Dictionary, 1252 (5th ed. 1979).
Oliphant v. Suquamish Indian Tribe, 435 U.S. 191, 209 (1978).
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University of Oklahoma Press (Norman, 1987).
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National Conference of State Legislatures, Tribal Sovereignty (Jeanette Wolfley and Susan
Johnson, 1996).
The New York Times, March 9, 1998.
48. Minnesota Statutes, chapter 128B. The Pine Point school district receives special consideration in
Minnesota Statutes. The school is a public school, but the state allows the White Earth Reservation
Tribal Council to act as a school board. The 1997 Legislature repealed the sunset of the Pine Point
school district making its status permanent.
The state Board of Education recently voted to terminate Grades 7 through 12 of the Dakota Open
Charter School. The charter school will remain open to operate grades kindergarten through 6 under
audit of the board.
50. Minnesota Statutes, sections 126.45 to 126.55.
Minnesota Statutes, section 126.48.
52. 1997 Minnesota Laws, First Special Session, chapter 4, article 2, section 51, subdivision 3.
Minnesota Statutes, section 124.481.
54. Minnesota Statutes, section 124.48.
55. Minnesota Statutes, section 125.62.
56. Minnesota Statutes, section 126.51.
57. Minnesota High School Graduates and Dropouts, Minnesota Department of Children, Families, and
Learning, 1994-95.
58. 25 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.
59. Minnesota Statutes, section 124.86.
60. American Indian Law Desk Book, (Julie Wrend and Clay Smith, ed.) 98, 102 (1993); Oliphant v.
Suquamish Indian Tribe, 435 U.S. 191, 208 (1978).
Bryan v. Itasca County, 426 U.S. 373 (1976).
25 U.S.C., sectionesw 1322 (c).
State v. Stone, 572 N.W.2d 725 (Minn. 1997) and State v. Robinson, 572 N.W.2d 720 (Minn. 1997).
555 N.W.2d 284 (Minn. 1996).
65. 1. State v. Clark, 282 NW 2d 902 (Minn. (1979), Cert. Denied, 445 U.S. 904 (1980).
2. Leech Lake Band of Chippewa Indians v. Herbst, 334 F.Supp. 1001 (D.Minn. 1971) and White Earth Band of Chippewa v. Alexander, 683 F.2d 1129 (8th Cir. 1982), cert. Denied, 459 U.S. 1070, 103 S.
Ct. 488.
67. 3. 72. 8. 73. 9 74. 10 75. 11 76. 12. 77. 13. 78. 14. Minnesota Statutes, section 307.08.
15. Laws of Minnesota 1990, Chapter 565, section 18.
80. Act of August 15, 1953, Pub.L. No. 83-280, 67 Stat. 588, as amended by the Indian Civil Rights Act
of 1968, Pub.L. No. 90-284, 82 Stat. 78.
81. California v. Cabazon Band of Mission Indians, 480 U.S. 202, 209 (1987).
82. State v. Stone, 572 N.W.2d 725 (Minn. 1997).
83. California v. Cabazon Band of Mission Indians, 480 U.S. 202 (1987).
84. Moe v. Confederated Salish & Kootenai Tribes, 425 U.S. 463 (1976) (state tax on sales of cigarettes
to non-tribal members on tribal lands upheld).
85. Blue Legs v. U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs, 867 F.2d 1094, 1096 (8th Cir. 1989).
86. Id. at 1096.
87. Id.
88. Id. at 1098.
89. "Working Effectively with Tribal Governments," Participant Manual, U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency Training Seminar, Chapter 3, August 1996 (http://www.epa.gov/indian/train.htm).
90. Id.
91. Id.
92. Id.
93. Id.
94. 42 U.S.C.A. Sec. 300J-11 (1991 and Supp. 1997).
95. "Working Effectively with Tribal Governments," Participant Manual, U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency Training Seminar, Ch. 3, Pt. IV, Paragraph E, August 1996
(http://www.epa.gov/indian/train.htm).
96. Montana v. United States, 450 U.S. at 565-66.
97. Beverly M. Conerton, "Tribal 'Treatment as a State' Under Federal Environmental Laws," National Environmental Enforcement Journal at 11 (November 1997).
98. State of Montana v. U.S. EPA, 137 F. 3rd 1135 (9th Cir. 1998).
100. Cooperative Agreement between Grand Portage Band of Chippewa and Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (July 16, 1996).
101. Telephone conversation with Diane Nelson, Water Division, State and Tribal Branch, EPA Region
Five, November 1997.
102. U.S.C., section 1915,
103. Minnesota Statutes, section 257.35.