Sovereignty/Governance

Last changed on Tue, 09/12/2023 - 17:47

This category will include content related to self-governance, treaty agreements, and different pathways toward native-human rights (rights as defined by indigenous peoples rather than rights as they are federally defined). 

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Public User
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Sovereignty/Governance
Summary
In 2022, Oren Lyons visited Lummi Nation to discuss the history of Onondaga Nation's sovereignty and the Haudenosaunee Confederacy.
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Public User
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Sovereignty/Governance, Ways of Life
Summary
Jay Julius talks life for Indigenous peoples before and after the Point Elliot Treaty signing of 1855.
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Public User, Lummi Nation
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Ancestral Homelands, Sovereignty/Governance
Summary
This historical stage-play takes you back in time of the signing of the Point Elliot Treaty of 1855, where members of the Lummi Nation Indian Tribe traveled (by canoe) to Mukilteo to meet with Washington Territory Governor, Issac Stevens.
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Public User, Sauk-Suiattle
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Ancestral Homelands, Sovereignty/Governance
Summary
James Ironheart describes the move from Darrington to the current reservation.
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Public User, Yurok Tribe
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Sovereignty/Governance
Summary
Our Sacred Obligation recounts the history of the Yurok Tribe’s struggle against the colonization of the Klamath River, which has sustained them since time immemorial.