Plenary power - answerFull or complete authority assigned to a single government
entity and exercised over a specific policy area
Reservations are land being held in trust for Natives, not actually their land bc US owns
it
Right of Occupancy - answergaining or having possession of property while lacking
legal title. Right of occupancy to lost/abandoned/ownerless property depends on
actually taking property w/ intent to posses
Right of Discovery - answerthe divine right of entitlement to develop and control the
underutilized land occupied by indigenous people
tribal sovereignty - answerIndian reservations in the United States are treated almost as
independent countries. They are allowed to govern themselves and draft their own
constitutions. This is known as Tribal Sovereignty. This is why gambling is allowed on
reservations in states, like Florida, where gambling is illegal elsewhere
domestic dependent nations - answerA type of sovereignty that places an American
Indian tribe in the United States outside the authority of state governments but reliant on
the federal government for the interpretation and application of treaty provisions.
Phases of US Indian Law in order - answerCivilization/Alliance (1770-1830)
Removal (1830-40)
Containment (1860-1890)
Removal - answerUs is stronger now doesn't need indian allies
tried surrounding indian lands w/ settlements so they would give it up
Giving up on idea that indians will assimilate
Containment - answerUS wants all land, no land for Indians
Put Indians on reservations (plenary)
Yei/Yeibachi (Holy People) - answerpowerful spirits summoned by chants and
sandpainting
Coyote - answerspirits used as tricksters or spirits who learn lesson
Powerful "upend shit"
hozho (beauty, balance, state of order) - answerceremonies performed to
maintain/restore it
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