AM IND 265Federal Indian Law I
American Indian Studies · 4 or 6 units · Graduate courses (200-299)
Overview of federal Indian law, including nature and history of tribal federal legal and political relationship; basic legal definitions within federal Indian law (such as what is Indian country); equal protection issues posed by federal Indian legislation; canons of construction unique to Indian law; tribal sovereignty and its protection; basic questions of federal and state authority within Indian country; and tribal, federal, and state jurisdiction in Indian country according to default rules as well as special statutory regimes. May be concurrently scheduled with Law 267.
S/U or letter grading.
When it runs
- Fall 2025
- Fall 2026
Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.
Requisites
UCLA lists no requisites for this course.
Requires
Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
Nothing — this is an entry point.
Unlocks
What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.
No course in the catalog lists this as a requisite.