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Indigenous Rights; Tribal Rights; Eminent Domain; Takings; Fifth Amendment; Johnson v. M'intosh; Marshall Trilogy; Dawes Act; Indian Reorganization Act; Tribal Nations; Oneida Indian Nation of New York v. County of Oneida; Climate Change; Indigenous Stewardship; Reparations; Land Back; Kelo v. City of New London
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Taking The Land Back: How To Return Stolen Land To The Indigenous People Of New York State Through Eminent Domain, Devin Nicole Barbaro
Taking The Land Back: How To Return Stolen Land To The Indigenous People Of New York State Through Eminent Domain, Devin Nicole Barbaro
Journal of Law and Policy
From the moment that European colonizers landed in North America hundreds of years ago, land rights have been stripped away from the Indigenous people of this land. Land Back is an activism and advocacy movement to regain land rights for the Tribal Nations across the United States. Returning stolen land to Tribal Nations is a form of reparations for the atrocities the United States has inflicted upon these Nations for hundreds of years. Additionally, land that is managed by Indigenous communities is proven to be more resilient against the detrimental effects of climate change, making the return of land to …