The Growing List of Reasons to Amend the Maine Indian Jurisdictional Agreement

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The Growing List of Reasons to Amend the Maine Indian Jurisdictional AgreementThe Growing List of Reasons to Amend the Maine Indian Jurisdictional Agreement

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This article contends that the unusual jurisdictional structure created by the 1980 Settlement was problematic and ineffective from the outset and should be fundamentally amended in accordance with the basic concepts of federal Indian law.

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