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Republication And Translation Of 1998 Introduction And Welcome, Robert Yazzie, Navajo Nation
Republication And Translation Of 1998 Introduction And Welcome, Robert Yazzie, Navajo Nation
Tribal Law Journal
In 1998, for the first volume of the Tribal Law Journal, Former Chief Justice Robert Yazzie, Navajo Nation, was asked to submit an introduction and welcome for the Tribal Law Journal.
In his Introduction and Welcome, he details how the Tribal Law Journal will further the understanding of the internal laws of Indian nations, along with those of indigenous nations throughout the world. He emphasizes that this Journal will be a place for native voices to be heard and will allow others to speak with the tribes.
In effort to integrate native languages into the Tribal Law Journal, the Tribal …
Battling For Human Rights In Indian Country (Speech At The 50 Years Of The Indian Civil Rights Act Symposium), David E. Wilkins, Lumbee Nation
Battling For Human Rights In Indian Country (Speech At The 50 Years Of The Indian Civil Rights Act Symposium), David E. Wilkins, Lumbee Nation
Tribal Law Journal
The speech discusses the Indian Civil Rights Act (ICRA) and its implications on citizenship, specifically disenrollment. Prof. Wilkins discusses his view of “‘dismemberment’ as the act of cutting off a part of the tribal body—doing harm to both the politically discarded individual and the Nation itself—taking place behind the cloak of native sovereignty.”
The speech first provides a brief history of banishment within tribal communities followed by a discussion of federal Indian law and its impact on tribal banishment through a review of important federal Supreme Court cases as well as significant tribal court cases.
Second, the speech provides a …
Views From A Tribal Court: How The Indian Civil Rights Act Led To Civil Rights Violations, Anne Bruno
Views From A Tribal Court: How The Indian Civil Rights Act Led To Civil Rights Violations, Anne Bruno
Tribal Law Journal
This article examines the implications of the Indian Civil Rights Act (ICRA), and its impact on one tribe in New Mexico. The article first discusses the development of the ICRA and its subsequent effect on individual rights and tribal nation’s responsibilities when handling criminal offenses in tribal courts. Second, the article provides some historical context and background of pueblo Indian communities in New Mexico as a prelude to providing observations that were made of one specific Pueblo’s Contemporary Tribal Court. Third, the article provides a detailed glimpse into the procedures that were followed during six criminal arraignments: focusing on the …