Paul Spruhan

Navajo Nation Department of Justice

Window Rock, AZ 86515

United States

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A Legal History of Blood Quantum in Federal Indian Law to 1935

South Dakota Law Review, Vol. 51, No. 1, 2006
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 07 Jan 2007
Paul Spruhan
Navajo Nation Department of Justice
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blood quantum, indian blood, indian law, native american law, federal indian law, legal history

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The Origins, Current Status, and Future Prospects of Blood Quantum as the Definition of Membership in the Navajo Nation

Tribal Law Journal, Vol. 8, No. 1, 2007
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 29 May 2008 Last Revised: 23 Apr 2009
Paul Spruhan
Navajo Nation Department of Justice
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Indian law, Navajo Nation, blood quantum, race

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The Canadian Indian Free Passage Right: The Last Stronghold of Explicit Race Restriction in United States Immigration Law

North Dakota Law Review, Vol. 85, p. 301, 2009
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 16 Sep 2008 Last Revised: 30 Dec 2009
Paul Spruhan
Navajo Nation Department of Justice
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immigration, canadian Indians, blood quantum, federal Indian law, race, equal protection

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The Meaning of Due Process in the Navajo Nation

The Indian Civil Rights Act at Forty (UCLA American Indian Studies Center Publications) 2012
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 29 Mar 2012
Paul Spruhan
Navajo Nation Department of Justice
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Indian law, tribal law, Navajo Nation law, Indian Civil Rights Act, Due Process

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Indian as Race/Indian as Political Status: Implementation of the Half-Blood Requirement Under the Indian Reorganization Act, 1934-1945

Rutgers Race and the Law Review, Vol. 8, No. 1, 2006
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 27 Dec 2007
Paul Spruhan
Navajo Nation Department of Justice
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Indians, race, blood quantum, Indian law

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'Indians, in a Jurisdictional Sense': Tribal Citizenship and Other Forms of Non-Indian Consent to Tribal Criminal Jurisdiction

American Indian Law Journal, Vol. 1, pp. 79, 2012
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 27 Nov 2012 Last Revised: 12 Dec 2013
Paul Spruhan
Navajo Nation Department of Justice
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Indian law, American Indians, legal history, tribal membership, tribal criminal jurisdiction, oliphant, race, citizenship

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Standard Clauses in State-Tribal Agreements: The Navajo Nation Experience

47 Tulsa Law Review 503 (2012)
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 19 Sep 2011 Last Revised: 05 Oct 2012
Paul Spruhan
Navajo Nation Department of Justice
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Indian Law, Tribal-State Relations, Sovereign Immunity, Tribal Contracts

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Tribal Labor and Employment Law: The Evolution of the Navajo Preference in Employment Act

Forthcoming, Arizona Attorney (2022)
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 03 Jun 2022
Paul Spruhan
Navajo Nation Department of Justice
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tribal law, Federal Indian law, labor and employment

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CDIB: The Role of the Certificate of Indian Blood in Defining Native American Legal Identity

6 American Indian Law Journal 168 (2018)
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 01 Oct 2020
Paul Spruhan
Navajo Nation Department of Justice
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The Canadian Indian Free Passage Right: An Anomaly in U.S. Immigration Law

The Federal Lawyer (May/June 2020)
Number of pages: 2 Posted: 02 Oct 2020
Paul Spruhan
Navajo Nation Department of Justice
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Canadian Indians, Immigration, Blood Quantum, Indian Law

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Case Note: Means v. District Court of Chinle Judicial District and the Hadane Doctrine in Navajo Criminal Law

Tribal Law Journal, Vol. 1, 2000-2001
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 12 Jun 2009 Last Revised: 17 Jun 2009
Paul Spruhan
Navajo Nation Department of Justice
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Indian law, tribal membership, tribal law, criminal jurisdiction

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Indian Law on State Bar Exams in the Age of the Uniform Bar Examination

Federal Lawyer, March 2015
Number of pages: 3 Posted: 20 Feb 2015
Paul Spruhan
Navajo Nation Department of Justice
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Indian Law, bar examinations, Uniform Bar Examination

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The Complete Timeline of the Navajo Presidential Dispute

Number of pages: 18 Posted: 25 Apr 2015
Paul Spruhan
Navajo Nation Department of Justice
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Navajo Nation, Navajo presidential election, tribal law, fluency, traditional law, American Indian law, legal history

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Guardians of Tribal Tradition: Litigation in the Navajo Nation

Litigation, The Journal of ABA Section of Litigation, Vol. 43, No. 3, Spring 2017
Number of pages: 3 Posted: 14 Jul 2017
Paul Spruhan
Navajo Nation Department of Justice
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American Indian Law, Native American Law, Tribal Courts, Tribal Law, Navajo Nation

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Annotated Timeline of the Navajo Presidential Election Dispute: Part 2, January 29-February 23, 2015

Number of pages: 4 Posted: 28 Feb 2015
Paul Spruhan
Navajo Nation Department of Justice
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navajo nation, election, tribal law, indian law