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Tag Archives: sovereignty
Merciless savages: The Supreme Court’s attacks on women and Native Americans
In the majority opinion of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health, the Supreme Court relied upon social and historical mores in the 18th and 19th century to interpret the US Constitution. Because Roe v. Wade, they argued, relied upon the 14th … Continue reading
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Tagged 14th amendment, abortion, Alito, Constitution, Declaration of Independence, Dobbs, eurocentric, Haudenosaunee, history, huerta, hyde, Iroquois, liberty, merciless Indian savages, PL 280, rights, Roe, Roe v Wade, SCOTUS, sovereignty, sterlization, Supreme Court, tradition, tribal, white supremacy
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Double standards: How white bureaucracy ramps up when Native Americans are involved
It’s often been said that the most powerful people in government are not the leaders, but the low-level bureaucrats that actually run government programs and implement the law. In a settler colonial society dominated by implicit white supremacy – the … Continue reading
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Tagged bias, bureaucracy, certification, chumash, double standard, EPA, grant program, grants, indigenous, oil spill, prejudice, Refugio, response, sovereignty, tribes, unconscious bias, Yurok
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Drama on the Rez: Big Oil, Oklahoma, and Trump put the Five Tribes under pressure
With the ink barely dry on the Supreme Court ruling that eastern Oklahoma is in fact reservation land of the Creek, Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw, and Seminole, the Five Tribes are under pressure to relinquish some of their new-found sovereignty. The … Continue reading
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Tagged big oil, Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, Five Tribes, McGirt, Melonia, oil, oil industry, Oklahoma, Osage murders, permit, pipeline, pressure, regulation, royalties, SCOTUS, Seminole, sovereignty, Stitt, tax, trump
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What do Native Americans think about Elizabeth Warren?
It’s complicated. Two white politicians are in conflict. One, virulently racist and anti-Native in thought, word, and deed, verbally ridicules the other, who is an ally of Natives on most policy issues. Let’s start with the ally, Elizabeth Warren. To … Continue reading
Indigenous Hawaiians seek Federal Recognition and Sovereignty
It’s a fascinating twist of history that they don’t have it already, but Native Hawaiians are now taking steps toward federal recognition and sovereignty. Culturally, this is no doubt important. In the legal realm, however, “sovereignty” as defined by the … Continue reading
On this date… March 3, 1832… Georgia
The Supreme Court ruling granting tribal sovereignty was issued on this date. It still stands today. It all started with Samuel Worcester (left) and Elizur Butler, missionaries to the Cherokee. While the Supreme Court debated, they sat in a Georgia … Continue reading
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