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Constitution of the United States
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Indigenous Peoples
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Frontier Wars
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Constitutional Convention
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WhatdoestheConstitutionmeanforIndigenousPeoples?
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• Congresshastopowerto“regulateCommercewithforeignNations,andamongtheseveralStates,andwiththeIndianTribes”(Article1,Section8)
• MarshallTrilogy– Johnsonv.M’Intosh(1823)– CherokeeNationv.Georgia(1831)– Worcesterv.Georgia(1832)
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• However,Congressguttedmuchofthis– IndianRemovalActsof1830authorizedtheremovalofIndigenousPeoplesfromtheirnativeterritoriestofederallandswestoftheMississippiRiver• LedtotheinfamousTrailofTearswhereover4,000Cherokeesdied• By1837,Jackson’sadministrationhadremoved46,000IndigenousPeoplesfromtheirhomelandandopeningover22millionacresoflandtowhitesettlement
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• CherokeeTobaccocase(1870)– SupremeCourtruledthatlatercongressionalstatutestrumpearliertreaties
– Courtdealtakillstroketonegotiatingtreatypolicymaking
– CongressunilaterallyendedthepracticeoftreatymakingwithIndigenousPeoplesthenextyear
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• Indigenoussovereigntyhassinceexperiencedincreasedlimitations– MajorCrimesActof1885
• ExParteCrowDog(1883)– Congressbegantopassbroadpiecesoflegislationpromotingassimilationistpoliciesfrom1887to1933
– DawesAct(1887)• to“civilize”IndigenousPeoplesbyremovingtheiruniquecultureandheritage
• BureauofIndianAffairs,privateorganizations,andstatesbeganthewidespreadremovalofchildrenfromindigenousfamiliesuntilthe1970s
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– CongressionalpowertounilaterallybreaktreatyobligationsandtribalconsentnolongerrequiredinfederaleffortstoacquiremoreIndigenouslands• LoneWolfv.Hitchcock(1903)
– PublicLaw280(1953)• Concurrentcivilandcriminaljurisdictions
– CongresscouldextinguishtheIndigenoustitlewithoutbeingconsideringa‘taking’andhavingtoprovidejustcompensation• Tee-Hit-Tonv.UnitedStates(1955)
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– Nixonadministrationunilaterallyseveredgovernment’sobligationstowardsmanytribes• therebyleavingthemsubjecttostateauthority
– IndianGamingRegulatoryAct(IGRA)(1988)• Californiav.CabazonBandofMissionIndians(1987)• SeminoleTribev.Florida(1996)
– IndianChildWelfareAct(ICWA)(1978)• InReAdoptionofBabyBoyL(1982)• MississippiChoctawIndiansv.Holyfield(1989)
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– CityofSherill,NewYorkv.OneidaIndianNationofNewYork(2005)• RepurchaseofIndigenouslandsdoesnotrestoretribalsovereigntytothatland
– Nebraskav.Parker(2016)• Governmentcantake50,000acresofreservationlandwithout‘diminishing’Omahareservation
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WhatdoesthisconstitutionalhistorymeanforIndigenousPeoplestoday?
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• Directlossofsovereigntyvialegislativeandjudiciallaw
• Federaldevolutiontostates– eliminatessovereignty– invitesconflict– forcesIndigenousPeoplestolobbylegislaturesandseekjudicialredressinstatecourts
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• Stateshaveactivelylegislatedoverindigenousaffairs– From1998to2007,statesproposed3,557lawsandpassed910laws• averageof91lawspassedeachyear
– includingstateswithnofederally-recognizedtribewithintheirborders
– 30%oftheproposedlawsarepassed– Mixedsuccessinlobbyingstatelegislatures
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• Federalcourtsnowrarelyhearindigenousclaims.– In2017,federalcourtsheardonly120casesinvolvingindigenousclaims• Onaverage,indigenouscasesrepresentonly2%oftheU.S.SupremeCourtdocket
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• TheshiftfromfederalcourtjurisdictiontoprimarilystatecourtsisproblematicforIndigenousPeoples– Createsinconsistentprecedent– Directlyaffectsindigenousrights
• Indigenousclaimsrarelywinatstatecourts
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• IndigenousPeoplesonlywin30%ofthetimewhentheyfacefederal/stateoppositioninstatesupremecourts– wherethevastmajorityofthesecasesarederivedfromPL280states
• OfthecriminalcasesinvokingPL280,IndigenousPeopleslosealmost80%ofthetime
• OfICWAcases,individuallitigantsonlywinaround30%ofthetime– FirstNations(ascommunities)prevailaround46%ofthetime
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• Federalgovernmentsupportofindigenousclaimsdoesnotimprovelikelihoodtowin
• OriginaltreatieswithIndigenousPeoplesdoesnotimprovelikelihoodofsecuringrights– 370treatiesbetweentheU.S.andIndigenousPeoples
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• ConstitutionprovideslittleprotectionforIndigenousPeoples– Collectiveversusindividualrights
• Membership– SantaClaraPueblov.Martinez(1978)
• DomesticViolence– ViolenceAgainstWomen(2013)
• IndianCivilRightsAct1968– MakesmanybutnotallofBillofRightsguarantees– Issuesofself-determinationandcolonizationeffectsonvulnerablepeoples
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• IndigenousPopulation– 576federallyrecognizedtribesin2016– 326federallyrecognizedreservations– 6.8millionIndigenousPeoples
• 2%ofthepopulationoftheU.S.– Morethan100,000IndigenousPeoplesinTexas
• Anadarko,Apache,Arapaho,Caddo,Cherokee,Cheyenne,Chickasaw,Comanche,Kawakawa,Kiowa,andShawneePeoples
• TiguaofYsletadelSurPueblo,MescaleroApache,TortugasPueblo,Pima,Suma,Manso,Comanche,Raramuri
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• In2017UTEPrecognizedIndigenousPeoplesDay– UTEPAcademicRevivalofIndigenousStudiesandEducation(A.R.I.S.E.)
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• Thankyou!
• Questions?RebeccaA.Reid,PhD