American Indians
The original meaning of the Indian Commerce Clause
Professor Natelson versus Professor Ablavsky
This Week's Podcasts
Discussions of this week's decisions in Cooley and Van Buren, and the Warren Court case of Katzenbach v. Morgan
The Trump Administration Executes Its Fourth Federal Prisoner in Two Months
A new modern record for putting inmates to death
The Trump Administration Prepares to Set a Modern Record for Federal Executions
Lezmond Mitchell is scheduled to die Wednesday, over the objections of the Navajo Nation to which he belongs and on whose land the murder took place.
BREAKING: Supreme Court Decides Trump Financial Records Cases and Fate of Eastern Oklahoma (Updated)
The Supreme Court rejected Donald Trump's claims of immunity, but reaffirmed limits on investigatory powers, and ruled in favor of Native American tribal claims against Oklahoma.
Should federal Indian law be textualist?
Todd Henderson on the legal status of Eastern Oklahoma
Predator Documents Child Sex Abuse—and the Lackluster Response—in Indian Communities
Rather than investigating claims against a pediatrician, he was shuffled around. Sound familiar?
South Dakota Jury Acquits Tribal Cannabis Consultant of All Charges
The verdict is a rebuke to an attorney general who helped doom plans for a marijuana resort on an Indian reservation.
Army Corps of Engineers Halts Work on Dakota Access Pipeline
Standing Rock protesters succeed in blocking Bakken oil pipeline route
Thanksgiving Tragedy
Property rights saved the Pilgrims from starvation; a lack of property rights keeps Indians in poverty today.
When Art Made by an American Indian Doesn't Count as Being 'American Indian-Made'
A lawsuit challenges Oklahoma's new law prohibiting some American Indian artists from calling their artwork what it is.
40th Anniversary of Pine Ridge Shootout
Leonard Peltier serving a life sentence for the murder of two FBI agents on Pine Ridge reservation in 1975.
South Dakota Indian Reservation Becomes First to Approve Pot Sales
The Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe plans to offer marijuana as early as this fall.
Will Casino Country Become Cannabis Country?
Indian tribes mull marijuana business opportunities.
From Casinos To Cannabis: Indian Tribes Eye Pot Profits
Tribal leaders explore the business opportunities created by the erosion of marijuana prohibition.
When a Citizens' Dividend Sets Off Citizenship Disputes
Another living example of a basic-income policy.
Gay Marriages Remain Banned in Navajo Nation, Including Portion Located in New Mexico
Some activists looking to repeal a 2005 tribal law
Sen. Majority Leader Reid Joins Call to Change Name of Washington Redskins
Should be more concerns about sports subsidies
Supreme Court Hears Case About Lawsuits Against Indian Tribes
Could affect commercial and gaming activities within sovereign territories
Government Shutdown Has Special Impacts on Indian Tribes
Funding cut off for additional services
Deadly Colonialist Fables
What dueling origin myths from the 19th century tell us about ourselves
Native American Tribe Sues Canada For Not Adjusting Treaty Payments for Inflation
A loon doesn't go as far as it did a hundred years ago