Introduction: a new challenge to old assumptions
Early contact: from colonial encounters to the Articles of Confederation
Second opportunity: the structure and architecture of the constitution
The Marshall trilogy: foundational but not fully constitutional?
Lone Wolf v. Hitchcock: the birth of plenary power, incorporation, and an extraconstitutional regime
Elk v. Wilkins: exclusion, inclusion, and the ambiguities of citizenship
Indians and the First Amendment: the illusion of religious freedom?
Indian law jurisprudence in the modern era: a common law approach without constitutional principle
International law perspective: a new model of Indigenous nation sovereignty?
Conclusion: imagination, translation, and constitutional convergence.