American Indian policy in the states
Abstract
Objectives We investigate whether American Indian legislation is prevalent in state legislative agendas. Methods We examine proposed and passed legislation in states for the years 1998–2007. Results Our findings suggest that states with legislative and executive institutions that address Native issues, as well as larger American Indian constituencies, are more likely to initiate and pass American Indian legislation. We also find that states with larger legislative agendas propose and pass more Native legislations, although the amount of Native legislation has been dropping in recent years. Conclusion Native legislation is on the state policy agenda and both Indian Nations and state governments influence the size of the Native policy agenda.
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Much less is known about the extent and ways in which tribes interact with state and local governments.
“Much less is known, however, about the extent and ways in which tribes interact with state and local governments (Witmer, Johnson, and Boehmke 2014).”
From Dividing Authority Three Ways: Federal–Tribal–State Relations after<i>Oklahoma v. Castro-Huerta</i> (2023) · cites this paper as Witmer, Johnson, and Boehmke 2014
Recent studies have demonstrated that states are involved in making Indian law and policy.
“Recent studies have demonstrated that states are involved in making Indian law and policy (Boehmke and Witmer 2015;Johnson and Witmer 2020;Witmer, Johnson, and Boehmke 2014).”
From Dividing Authority Three Ways: Federal–Tribal–State Relations after<i>Oklahoma v. Castro-Huerta</i> (2023) · cites this paper as Witmer, Johnson, and Boehmke 2014
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- Authors
- Witmer, R. C., Johnson, J., & Boehmke, F. J.
- Affiliations
- Creighton University (US)
- Stony Brook University (US)
- University of Iowa (US)
- Corresponding author
- Witmer, Richard C.
- Venue
- Social Science Quarterly
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2014-04-21
- Volume
- 95
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 1043-1063
- ISSN
- 0038-4941 (ISSN-L)
- 1540-6237
- OpenAlex
- W1584918173
- Cited by
- 17
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 2 · 2018: 1 · 2016: 2 · 2015: 2
- FWCI
- 6.39
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Social Science Quarterly (publishedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- Creighton Digital Repository (CDR) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Anthropology › Indigenous Cultures and History
- Social Sciences › Law › Indigenous Peoples' Rights and Law
- Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Electoral Systems and Political Participation
- Keywords
- American Indian policy, state legislation, legislative agenda setting, Indian nations, tribal-state relations
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