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Cherokee Nation juggles tribal sovereignty with Trumpers in a red state

Posted on January 15, 2021 by Stephen Carr Hampton

In light of its newly recognized reservation, Cherokee Nation, and all of Oklahoma’s 38 tribal nations, finds themselves in the crosshairs between tribal sovereignty and Trumpism, between protecting the environment and Big Oil. In the July 2020 McGirt decision, the … Continue reading →

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Barr schmoozes the Cherokee: bringing Covid and taking sovereignty?

Posted on October 5, 2020 by Stephen Carr Hampton

Attorney General William Barr spent most of Wednesday, September 30, at Cherokee Nation (CN). This was Day 4 after he attended the infamous Amy Coney Barrett reception at the White House, the presumed COVID super-spreader event now known as the … Continue reading →

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Land acknowledgement: Palm Springs, California

Posted on August 24, 2019 by Stephen Carr Hampton

Palm Springs is Cahuilla territory, specifically the Agua Caliente Band. This was apparent to everyone attending the Tribal Lands and Environment Forum, which is what I was doing there. The Agua Caliente Band were regularly acknowledged and thanked as the … Continue reading →

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Standing Rock: In the Courts of the Conqueror (and my comments on the EIS)

Posted on February 16, 2017 by Stephen Carr Hampton

The title of this blog post comes from Walter Echo-Hawk’s book, In the Courts of the Conqueror: The 10 Worst Indian Law Cases Ever Decided.  Echo-Hawk (Pawnee) is an attorney and his book is a tour de force of US … Continue reading →

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A Deal with the Devil: Los Angeles’ On-Going Greenhouse Gas Disaster

Posted on January 16, 2016 by Stephen Carr Hampton

The Aymara of the Andes have a saying:  everything on the earth and above it belongs to God; everything under it belongs to the devil, whom they call El Tio (the Uncle).  When they work the mines, risking life and … Continue reading →

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