indigenous sovereignty
Opponents of Arizona’s immigration law, SB 1070, told a federal judge on Tuesday, August 21, that the measure will result in racial profiling and prolonged detention of
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August 23, 2012 // 0 Comments
In the last week, Brazil’s Federal District Court of the 1st Region (Regional Federal Tribunal TRF1) voted to annul Legislative Decree 788 of 2005, which permitted the
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August 22, 2012 // 0 Comments
Oscar and Olivia, 10-year-old red-headed twins – his hair cut short, hers long down her back – browse through the shelves at the Forks branch library. They pause to pull
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August 20, 2012 // 0 Comments
– Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer (R) issued an executive order on Wednesday directing “state agencies to deny driver’s licenses” under the Obama administration’s new
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August 16, 2012 // 0 Comments
Over the years, when discussing Indigenous history and many of the injustices perpetrated upon the Native peoples who populate what is now Hawai’i, Alaska and the
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August 14, 2012 // 0 Comments
We need to stop thinking about being “Indian” as being a matter of race or culture (both of which are just part of our reality) and think about being Indian in terms of
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August 13, 2012 // 0 Comments
Once in a while a book comes along that is transformative. Murder State, by Brendan Lindsay, is such a book. Recently released by University of Nebraska Press, Murder State
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August 10, 2012 // 0 Comments
The latest bad news about Indian reservations is getting worse; but there is a silver lining. U.S. Attorney Ken Gonzales says violence on Indian reservations is “a kind of
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August 8, 2012 // 1 Comment
In our coverage of the long ‘battle’ to defend Ethnic Studies in Arizona we mostly focus in this blog on the legal and political dimensions of this epochal campaign for
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August 6, 2012 // 0 Comments
Men in Mexican military camps are forcing indigenous women into prostitution, according to a report emanating from the most recent session of the United Nations Committee on
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August 6, 2012 // 0 Comments