Alexander Tallchief Skibine
S.J. Quinney Professor of Law
Professor Skibine received a B.A. in political science and French literature from Tufts University and a J.D. from Northwestern University School of Law. Before joining the faculty at the University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law in 1989, Professor Skibine served as Deputy Counsel for Indian Affairs for the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Professor Skibine has published many articles in the area of federal Indian law and he is frequently invited to speak on federal Indian law issues at venues around the country. He is a member of the Illinois and District of Columbia bar associations.
Professor Skibine teaches administrative law, constitutional law, torts, and federal Indian law.
Scholarship Highlights
Book Chapters
Cohen's Handbook of Federal Indian Law, contributing author (LexisNexis 2005)
The Federal-Tribe Relationship, in Handbook of North American Indians (Smithsonian Inst. 2007)
Cabazon and its Consequences for Indian Gaming, in Indian Gaming: Who Wins, (UCLA Am. Indian Stud. Center 2000)
Selected Articles
Culture Talk or Culture War in Federal Indian Law?, Tulsa L. Rev. (forthcoming 2010)
Indian Gaming and Cooperative Federalism, Ariz. St. L.J. (forthcoming 2010)
Tribal Sovereign Interests Beyond the Reservation Borders, 12 Lewis & Clark L. Rev. 1003 (2008)
Formalism and Judicial Supremacy in Federal Indian Common Law, 32 Am. Indian L. Rev. 391 (2007-2008)
Redefining The Status of Indian Tribes Within Our Federalism: "Beyond the Dependency Paradigm," 38 Conn. L. Rev. 667 (2006)
Teaching Indian Law in an Anti-Tribal Era, 82 N.D. L. Rev. 777 (2006)
Integrating the Indian Trust Doctrine Into the Constitution, 39 Tulsa L. Rev, 247 (2003)
The Dialogic of Federalism in Federal Indian Law and the Rehnquist Court: The Need for Coherence and Integration, 8 Tex. F. on C.L. & C.R. 1 (2003)
Gaming on Indian Reservations: Defining the Trustee's Duty in the Wake of Seminole Tribe v. Florida, 29 Ariz. St. L.J. 121 (1997)
Duro v. Reina and the Legislation that Overturned It: A Power Play of Constitutional Dimensions, 66 S. Cal. L. Rev. 767 (1993)
Applicability of Federal Laws of General Application to Indian Tribes and Reservation Indians, 25 U.C. Davis L. Rev. 85 (1991)
Book Reviews
Chief Justice John Marshall and the Doctrine of Discovery: Friend or Foe to the Indians? 42 Tulsa L. Rev. 125 (2006) (reviewing Robert Miller, Native America, Discovered and Conquered)
Selected Talks and Presentations
Exhibiting Culture: Museums and Indians, University of Tulsa College of Law, May 2009
Conference on Federal Indian Law and the Roberts Court, Harvard Law School, Apr. 2009.
ABA Annual Conference on Gaming Law Minefield, Las Vegas, Feb. 2009
Federal Sovereignty, State Sovereignty, and the Sovereignty of 562 Native American Tribes, Federalist Society's Third Annual Western Conference, Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, Simi Valley, CA, Jan. 2009
Indian Gaming and the Federal Tribal Relationship, Conference on the 20th Anniversary of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, Arizona State College of Law, Phoenix, AZ, Oct. 2008
Formalism and Judicial Supremacy in Federal Indian Law, Supreme Court of Oklahoma Symposium of Tribal Sovereignty, June 2008
Tribal Economic Development Opportunities Beyond the Reservations, Lewis and Clark Law School Symposium on Indian Economic Development, Apr. 2008
On the Department of Interior's Guidance Document Concerning Taking off Reservation Land in Trust for Gaming Purposes, Testimony at a Hearing U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Natural Resources, Mar. 2008
Tribal State Relations, Supreme Court of Oklahoma Sovereignty Symposium, June 2007
Symposium on the Pedagogy of Teaching Native American Law, Univ. of North Dakota, Fall 2006
Conference on Federal Indian Law, Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars, Washington D.C., Spring 2006
University of Connecticut Symposium on Federal Indian Law, Fall 2005
Supreme Court of Oklahoma Symposium on Tribal Sovereignty, Summer 2005
Forum on Current Legal Issues Facing Native Americans, New York University School of Law, Spring 2005