Marianne O. Nielsen is a professor in the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Northern Arizona University and the co-editor of Crime and Social Justice in Indian Country.Karen Jarratt-Snider is an associate professor and chair of Applied Indigenous Studies at Northern Arizona University and the co-editor of Crime and Social Justice in Indian Country.

This timely collection of essays, expertly edited by Nielsen and Jarratt-Snider, captures the profundity, maddening ambiguities, and tremendous opportunities in wielding the law-whether Indigenous or Western derived- on behalf of Native peoples." - David Wilkins, University of Richmond

• AcknowledgmentsIntroductionPART I. TRADITIONAL LAW1. Revisioning Traditional Indigenous Justice in Light of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples2. Traditional American Indian JusticePART II. NATIONAL LAW3. Restoring Congruity: Indigenous Lives and Religious Freedom in the United States and Canada4. Respect for the Indian Child Welfare Act and Its Reflection on Tribal Sovereignty5. Protecting Native American Women: Grassroots Efforts to Address Domestic Violence and VAWA 2013PART III. INTERNATIONAL LAW6. International and Comparative Perspectives on the Recognition and Promotion of Indigenous Justice7. How Indigenous Justice Programs Contribute to Indigenous Community Capacity-Building and Achieving Human RightsConclusionContributorsIndex

Marianne O. Nielsen is a professor in the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Northern Arizona University and the co-editor of Crime and Social Justice in Indian Country.Karen Jarratt-Snider is an associate professor and chair of Applied Indigenous Studies at Northern Arizona University and the co-editor of Crime and Social Justice in Indian Country.

This timely collection of essays, expertly edited by Nielsen and Jarratt-Snider, captures the profundity, maddening ambiguities, and tremendous opportunities in wielding the law-whether Indigenous or Western derived- on behalf of Native peoples." - David Wilkins, University of Richmond

• AcknowledgmentsIntroductionPART I. TRADITIONAL LAW1. Revisioning Traditional Indigenous Justice in Light of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples2. Traditional American Indian JusticePART II. NATIONAL LAW3. Restoring Congruity: Indigenous Lives and Religious Freedom in the United States and Canada4. Respect for the Indian Child Welfare Act and Its Reflection on Tribal Sovereignty5. Protecting Native American Women: Grassroots Efforts to Address Domestic Violence and VAWA 2013PART III. INTERNATIONAL LAW6. International and Comparative Perspectives on the Recognition and Promotion of Indigenous Justice7. How Indigenous Justice Programs Contribute to Indigenous Community Capacity-Building and Achieving Human RightsConclusionContributorsIndex

Marianne O. Nielsen is a professor in the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Northern Arizona University and the co-editor of Crime and Social Justice in Indian Country.Karen Jarratt-Snider is an associate professor and chair of Applied Indigenous Studies at Northern Arizona University and the co-editor of Crime and Social Justice in Indian Country.

This timely collection of essays, expertly edited by Nielsen and Jarratt-Snider, captures the profundity, maddening ambiguities, and tremendous opportunities in wielding the law-whether Indigenous or Western derived- on behalf of Native peoples." - David Wilkins, University of Richmond

• AcknowledgmentsIntroductionPART I. TRADITIONAL LAW1. Revisioning Traditional Indigenous Justice in Light of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples2. Traditional American Indian JusticePART II. NATIONAL LAW3. Restoring Congruity: Indigenous Lives and Religious Freedom in the United States and Canada4. Respect for the Indian Child Welfare Act and Its Reflection on Tribal Sovereignty5. Protecting Native American Women: Grassroots Efforts to Address Domestic Violence and VAWA 2013PART III. INTERNATIONAL LAW6. International and Comparative Perspectives on the Recognition and Promotion of Indigenous Justice7. How Indigenous Justice Programs Contribute to Indigenous Community Capacity-Building and Achieving Human RightsConclusionContributorsIndex