Articles by brankin
native american reservations
Posted June 03, 2006 at 10:46 PM
American Indian reservations are sovereign areas with a state-to-state relationship to the US Congress, but congressional authority overrides tribal law. Reservations are generally not subject to state jurisdiction. What mapping convention corresponds to this political arrangement? One could make a case that reservations should be drawn as part of [...]
federal lands in the us
Posted June 03, 2006 at 10:39 PM
This map shows visually the changes in federal land policy in the US:
The north-south line separating the west from the east shows a change in policy as western expansion progressed: a newly assertive federal government, the beginnings of the US conservation movement, and an admission that areas like the Great Basin could not be developed [...]
