Felix Cohen

Felix Cohen was a prominent American legal scholar and anthropologist known for his work developing the "Indian Law" doctrine, which emphasized respecting Indigenous tribes' sovereignty and legal systems. He believed that Native American tribes should be treated as distinct political entities with their own rights, rather than just wards of the federal government. Cohen's ideas helped shape laws and policies that recognized tribal sovereignty and promoted the respect of Indigenous peoples' self-governance. His work remains influential in the fields of law, anthropology, and Native American studies.