Podcasts about Indian Reorganization Act

Senate Committee on Indian Affairs Business Meeting to consider several bills Date: March 5, 2025 Time: 2:30 PM Location: Dirksen Room: 628 H.R.165, To direct the Secretary of the Interior to complete all actions necessary for certain lands to be held in restricted fee status by the Oglala Sioux Tribe and Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe S.105, To direct the Secretary of the Interior to complete all actions necessary for certain lands to be held in restricted fee status by the Oglala Sioux Tribe and Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe S.240, To amend the Crow Tribal Water Rights Settlement Act of 2010 S.241, To provide for the settlement of the water rights claims of the Fort Belknap Indian Community S.390, To require Federal law enforcement agencies to report on cases of missing or murdered Indians S.546, To amend the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to make a technical correction to the water rights settlement for the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation S.550, To provide for the equitable settlement of certain Indian land disputes regarding land in Illinois S.562, To approve the settlement of water rights claims of the Pueblos of Acoma and Laguna in the Rio San José Stream System and the Pueblos of Jemez and Zia in the Rio Jemez Stream System in the State of New Mexico S.563, To approve the settlement of water rights claims of Ohkay Owingeh in the Rio Chama Stream System, to restore the Bosque on Pueblo Land in the State of New Mexico S.564, To approve the settlement of water rights claims of the Zuni Indian Tribe in the Zuni River Stream System in the State of New Mexico, to protect the Zuni Salt Lake S.565, To approve the settlement of water rights claims of the Navajo Nation in the Rio San José Stream System in the State of New Mexico S.612, To amend the Native American Tourism and Improving Visitor Experience Act to authorize grants to Indian tribes, tribal organizations, and Native Hawaiian organizations S.620, To provide public health veterinary services to Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations for rabies prevention S.621, To accept the request to revoke the charter of incorporation of the Lower Sioux Indian Community in the State of Minnesota at the request of that Community S.622, To amend the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe Reservation Restoration Act to provide for the transfer of additional Federal land to the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe S.632, To amend the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to allow Indian Health Service scholarship and loan recipients to fulfill service obligations through half time clinical practice S.637, To amend the Northwestern New Mexico Rural Water Projects Act to make improvements to that Act S.640, To make a technical correction to the Navajo Nation Water Resources Development Trust Fund, to make technical corrections to the Taos Pueblo Water Development Fund and Aamodt Settlement Pueblos' Fund S.642, To provide compensation to the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community for the taking without just compensation of land by the United States inside the exterior boundaries of the L'Anse Indian Reservation that were guaranteed to the Community under a treaty signed in 1854 S.673, To amend the Miccosukee Reserved Area Act to authorize the expansion of the Miccosukee Reserved Area and to carry out activities to protect structures within the Osceola Camp from flooding S.689, To approve the settlement of the water right claims of the Tule River Tribe S.719, To amend the Tribal Forest Protection Act of 2004 to improve that Act S.723, To require the Bureau of Indian Affairs to process and complete all mortgage packages associated with residential and business mortgages on Indian land by certain deadlines S.748, To reaffirm the applicability of the Indian Reorganization Act to the Lytton Rancheria of California S.761, To establish the Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies in the United States More on Indianz.Com: https://wp.me/pcoJ7g-w6g

The Indian Reorganization Act of 1934 decreased federal control of Native affairs, returned surplus lands to the tribes, and encouraged tribal self-governance. In episode 6, participants discuss the state or tribal governances after the Dawes Act and the Indian Reorganization Act.Panelists include:Amber Taylor, Assistant Director/Collections Manager, Puyallup TribeCharlene Krise, Executive Director of the Squaxin Island Tribe Museum Library Research CenterNettsie Bullchild, Director of Nisqually Tribal Archives/Nisqually Tribal Historic Preservation OfficeWarren KingGeorge, Historian, Muckleshoot Indian TribeLearn more at our tribal partners websites and fortnisqually.orgResources:-https://www.archives.gov/research/native-americans/indian-reorganization-act

Senate Committee on Indian Affairs Business Meeting to consider S. 2783, S. 3406, S. 4000, S. 4365 Date: July 25, 2024 Time: 2:00 PM Location: Dirksen Room: 628 Agenda: S.2783, Miccosukee Reserved Area Amendments Act S.3406, Technical Corrections to the Northwestern New Mexico Rural Water Projects Act, Taos Pueblo Indian Water Rights Settlement Act, and Aamodt Litigation Settlement Act S.4000, A bill to reaffirm the applicability of the Indian Reorganization Act to the Lytton Rancheria of California, and for other purposes S.4365, Veterinary Services to Improve Public Health in Rural Communities Act All bills were approved by the committee. They can now be considered by the U.S. Senate for passage. More Info: https://indianz.com/News/2024/07/22/senate-committee-on-indian-affairs-adds-business-meeting-to-schedule/

It's July 22nd. This day in 1934, FDR has signed the "Indian Reorganization Act," which provided economic relief to many tribes, but also came with provisions to reorganize the way in which Native Americans self-governed, and self-identified. This opened up a vacuum for fundamental questions of identity and community which reverberate today.Jody, Niki, and Kellie are joined by Angel Ellis and Robert Jago, the hosts of a new series called "Pretendians," which looks at the history of non-native people claiming native ancestry -- and what that says about our political and cultural relationship with American Indians.You can listen to the entire Pretendians series right now, from CANADALAND!This Day In Esoteric Political History is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX.Your support helps foster independent, artist-owned podcasts and award-winning stories.If you want to support the show directly, you can do so on our website: ThisDayPod.comGet in touch if you have any ideas for future topics, or just want to say hello. Follow us on social @thisdaypodOur team: Jacob Feldman, Researcher/Producer; Brittani Brown, Producer; Khawla Nakua, Transcripts; music by Teen Daze and Blue Dot Sessions; Audrey Mardavich is our Executive Producer at Radiotopia

Senate Committee on Indian Affairs Legislative Hearing to receive testimony on S. 2908, S. 3263, S. 4000 & S. 4442 Date: June 12, 2024 Time: 2:30 PM Location: Dirksen Room: 628 Agenda: S. 2908, Indian Buffalo Management Act S. 3263, Poarch Band of Creek Indians Parity Act S. 4000, A bill to reaffirm the applicability of the Indian Reorganization Act to the Lytton Rancheria of California, and for other purposes S. 4442, A bill to amend the Crow Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act of 2010 to make improvements to that Act, and for other purposes Witnesses PANEL 1 The Honorable Bryan Newland Assistant Secretary – Indian Affairs U.S. Department of Interior Washington, D.C. The Honorable Stephanie Bryan Chair and CEO Poarch Band of Creek Indians Atmore, Alabama The Honorable Andy Mejia Chairperson Lytton Rancheria of California Winsor, California The Honorable Frank Whiteclay Chairman Crow Nation of Montana Crow Agency, Montana Mr. Ervin Carlson Sr. President InterTribal Buffalo Council Rapid City, South Dakota Committee Notice: https://www.indian.senate.gov/hearings/legislative-hearing-to-receive-testimony-on-s-2908-s-3263-s-4000-s-4442/

Senate Committee on Indian Affairs Legislative Hearing to receive testimony on S. 2908, S. 3263, S. 4000 & S. 4442 Date: June 12, 2024 Time: 2:30 PM Location: Dirksen Room: 628 Agenda: S. 2908, Indian Buffalo Management Act S. 3263, Poarch Band of Creek Indians Parity Act S. 4000, A bill to reaffirm the applicability of the Indian Reorganization Act to the Lytton Rancheria of California, and for other purposes S. 4442, A bill to amend the Crow Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act of 2010 to make improvements to that Act, and for other purposes Witnesses PANEL 1 The Honorable Bryan Newland Assistant Secretary – Indian Affairs U.S. Department of Interior Washington, D.C. The Honorable Stephanie Bryan Chair and CEO Poarch Band of Creek Indians Atmore, Alabama The Honorable Andy Mejia Chairperson Lytton Rancheria of California Winsor, California The Honorable Frank Whiteclay Chairman Crow Nation of Montana Crow Agency, Montana Mr. Ervin Carlson Sr. President InterTribal Buffalo Council Rapid City, South Dakota Committee Notice: https://www.indian.senate.gov/hearings/legislative-hearing-to-receive-testimony-on-s-2908-s-3263-s-4000-s-4442/

Senate Committee on Indian Affairs Legislative Hearing to receive testimony on S. 2908, S. 3263, S. 4000 & S. 4442 Date: June 12, 2024 Time: 2:30 PM Location: Dirksen Room: 628 Agenda: S. 2908, Indian Buffalo Management Act S. 3263, Poarch Band of Creek Indians Parity Act S. 4000, A bill to reaffirm the applicability of the Indian Reorganization Act to the Lytton Rancheria of California, and for other purposes S. 4442, A bill to amend the Crow Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act of 2010 to make improvements to that Act, and for other purposes Witnesses PANEL 1 The Honorable Bryan Newland Assistant Secretary – Indian Affairs U.S. Department of Interior Washington, D.C. The Honorable Stephanie Bryan Chair and CEO Poarch Band of Creek Indians Atmore, Alabama The Honorable Andy Mejia Chairperson Lytton Rancheria of California Winsor, California The Honorable Frank Whiteclay Chairman Crow Nation of Montana Crow Agency, Montana Mr. Ervin Carlson Sr. President InterTribal Buffalo Council Rapid City, South Dakota Committee Notice: https://www.indian.senate.gov/hearings/legislative-hearing-to-receive-testimony-on-s-2908-s-3263-s-4000-s-4442/

Senate Committee on Indian Affairs Legislative Hearing to receive testimony on S. 2908, S. 3263, S. 4000 & S. 4442 Date: June 12, 2024 Time: 2:30 PM Location: Dirksen Room: 628 Agenda: S. 2908, Indian Buffalo Management Act S. 3263, Poarch Band of Creek Indians Parity Act S. 4000, A bill to reaffirm the applicability of the Indian Reorganization Act to the Lytton Rancheria of California, and for other purposes S. 4442, A bill to amend the Crow Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act of 2010 to make improvements to that Act, and for other purposes Witnesses PANEL 1 The Honorable Bryan Newland Assistant Secretary – Indian Affairs U.S. Department of Interior Washington, D.C. The Honorable Stephanie Bryan Chair and CEO Poarch Band of Creek Indians Atmore, Alabama The Honorable Andy Mejia Chairperson Lytton Rancheria of California Winsor, California The Honorable Frank Whiteclay Chairman Crow Nation of Montana Crow Agency, Montana Mr. Ervin Carlson Sr. President InterTribal Buffalo Council Rapid City, South Dakota Committee Notice: https://www.indian.senate.gov/hearings/legislative-hearing-to-receive-testimony-on-s-2908-s-3263-s-4000-s-4442/

Senate Committee on Indian Affairs Legislative Hearing to receive testimony on S. 2908, S. 3263, S. 4000 & S. 4442 Date: June 12, 2024 Time: 2:30 PM Location: Dirksen Room: 628 Agenda: S. 2908, Indian Buffalo Management Act S. 3263, Poarch Band of Creek Indians Parity Act S. 4000, A bill to reaffirm the applicability of the Indian Reorganization Act to the Lytton Rancheria of California, and for other purposes S. 4442, A bill to amend the Crow Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act of 2010 to make improvements to that Act, and for other purposes Witnesses PANEL 1 The Honorable Bryan Newland Assistant Secretary – Indian Affairs U.S. Department of Interior Washington, D.C. The Honorable Stephanie Bryan Chair and CEO Poarch Band of Creek Indians Atmore, Alabama The Honorable Andy Mejia Chairperson Lytton Rancheria of California Winsor, California The Honorable Frank Whiteclay Chairman Crow Nation of Montana Crow Agency, Montana Mr. Ervin Carlson Sr. President InterTribal Buffalo Council Rapid City, South Dakota Committee Notice: https://www.indian.senate.gov/hearings/legislative-hearing-to-receive-testimony-on-s-2908-s-3263-s-4000-s-4442/

Senate Committee on Indian Affairs Legislative Hearing to receive testimony on S. 2908, S. 3263, S. 4000 & S. 4442 Date: June 12, 2024 Time: 2:30 PM Location: Dirksen Room: 628 Agenda: S. 2908, Indian Buffalo Management Act S. 3263, Poarch Band of Creek Indians Parity Act S. 4000, A bill to reaffirm the applicability of the Indian Reorganization Act to the Lytton Rancheria of California, and for other purposes S. 4442, A bill to amend the Crow Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act of 2010 to make improvements to that Act, and for other purposes Witnesses PANEL 1 The Honorable Bryan Newland Assistant Secretary – Indian Affairs U.S. Department of Interior Washington, D.C. The Honorable Stephanie Bryan Chair and CEO Poarch Band of Creek Indians Atmore, Alabama The Honorable Andy Mejia Chairperson Lytton Rancheria of California Winsor, California The Honorable Frank Whiteclay Chairman Crow Nation of Montana Crow Agency, Montana Mr. Ervin Carlson Sr. President InterTribal Buffalo Council Rapid City, South Dakota Committee Notice: https://www.indian.senate.gov/hearings/legislative-hearing-to-receive-testimony-on-s-2908-s-3263-s-4000-s-4442/

Senate Committee on Indian Affairs Legislative Hearing to receive testimony on S. 2908, S. 3263, S. 4000 & S. 4442 Date: June 12, 2024 Time: 2:30 PM Location: Dirksen Room: 628 Agenda: S. 2908, Indian Buffalo Management Act S. 3263, Poarch Band of Creek Indians Parity Act S. 4000, A bill to reaffirm the applicability of the Indian Reorganization Act to the Lytton Rancheria of California, and for other purposes S. 4442, A bill to amend the Crow Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act of 2010 to make improvements to that Act, and for other purposes Witnesses PANEL 1 The Honorable Bryan Newland Assistant Secretary – Indian Affairs U.S. Department of Interior Washington, D.C. The Honorable Stephanie Bryan Chair and CEO Poarch Band of Creek Indians Atmore, Alabama The Honorable Andy Mejia Chairperson Lytton Rancheria of California Winsor, California The Honorable Frank Whiteclay Chairman Crow Nation of Montana Crow Agency, Montana Mr. Ervin Carlson Sr. President InterTribal Buffalo Council Rapid City, South Dakota Committee Notice: https://www.indian.senate.gov/hearings/legislative-hearing-to-receive-testimony-on-s-2908-s-3263-s-4000-s-4442/

On this day in 1924, President Calvin Coolidge signed into law the Indian Citizenship Act, granting citizenship to all Native Americans born in the United States. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Rural Energy For America grants issued by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, are designed to provide guaranteed loan financing and grant funding to agricultural producers and rural small businesses for renewable energy systems or to make energy efficiency improvements. Agricultural producers may also apply for new energy efficient equipment and new system loans for agricultural production and processing. Michael Behringer, northern sales manager with Olson Solar Energy, based in LaCrosse, is trying to spread the word about the availability of this funding and how quickly this investment can be paid off. Behringer says that they will assist any farms and agribusinesses interested in this opportunity by paying for a specialized grant writer to solicit the funds. Some of the guidelines for farms and agribusinesses include these definitions. Agricultural producers An entity directly engaged in production of agricultural products where at least 50 percent of their gross income coming from agricultural operations. Small businesses Must be located in eligible rural areas and one of the following: Private for-profit entity (sole Proprietorship, Partnership, or Corporation) A Cooperative [including those qualified under Section 501(c)(12) of IRS Code] An electric utility (including a Tribal or governmental electric utility) that provides service to rural consumers and operates independent of direct government control) A Tribal corporation or other Tribal business entities that are chartered under Section 17 of the Indian Reorganization Act (25 USC 477) or have similar structures and relationships with their Tribal entity without regard to the resources of the Tribal government. Must meet the Small Business Administration size standards in accordance with 13 CFR 121.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Audio of the Supreme Court opinion in Morton v. Mancari (1974). Congress passed the Indian Reorganization Act in 1934. A provision in that law gave hiring preference Native Americans for positions in the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) to further the cause of Native American self-governance. But, when Congress passed the Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1972, prohibiting racial discrimination in federal employment, non-Indian employees of the BIA filed a class action lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico, claiming that Section 472 of the Indian Reorganization Act had been repealed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Act; and besides, it violated the non-Indian employee's Fifth Amendment right to property without due process. The District Court ruled in their favor and the United States government appealed to the Supreme Court.  The questions before the Court in this case were whether the Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1972 indeed repealed Section 472 of the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934 and whether Section 472 violated the due process clause of the Fifth Amendment. In a unanimous decision, the Court said no to both questions.   Access this SCOTUS case and other essential information here. Music by Epidemic Sound.

The Indian Reorganization Act of June 18th 1934, or also known as the Wheeler–Howard Act, was U.S. federal legislation that dealt with the status of American Indians in the United States. It was the centerpiece of what has been often called the "Indian New Deal"

Part 2 starts with a discussion of the 1883 Code of Indian Offenses that was introduced in Episode 3. Clinton writes, “[It] was not an early criminal code for Indian Reservations…but, rather, the clearest evidence of a deliberate federal policy of ethnocide - the deliberate extermination of another culture.” We then move on to the issue of land, namely some of the ways that Lakota territory continued to be whittled away after the creation of the Pine Ridge Reservation in its current form. The next segment turns to the so-called “Indian New Deal” which was a response to the 1928 Meriam Report that made clear that the U.S. government's approach to its indigenous people - namely allotment and assimilation - was failing. The resulting Indian Reorganization Act of 1934 and its impact until the present-day is discussed. Lastly, this part ends with a look at a geographical area known to most Lakota simply as “The Bombing Range,” a 341,726 acre portion of the Reservation that was seized by the Department of the Army during World War II.

Burke Hendrix, Political Science, and 2021–22 OHC Faculty Research Fellow. This book project examines several American Indian political thinkers in the period between the American Revolution and the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934, with a focus on their responses to key events in US politics and Indian policy. It is intended to fill a gap in teaching materials for courses in American political thought within Political Science and related fields. Chapters will center on explication and analysis of short, easily-assignable primary sources from authors including William Apess, Elias Boudinot, Charles Eastman, Arthur C. Parker, Zitkála-á, and Robert Yellowtail.

During the Indian Reorganization Era, which took place between the late 1920s through the 1930s, the U.S. government began winding down its assimilation policies and made moves to reaffirm Tribal self-governance. The Indian Reorganization Act of 1934, also known as the Indian New Deal, had three main goals: strengthen Tribal self-governance, reconsolidate tribal lands, and promote economic development. The Indian Reorganization Act did emphasize the need to involve Native peoples when the federal government made policies affecting their communities and it provided some new opportunities for self-governance. However, oversight from the Bureau of Indian Affairs continued a long history of paternalism and left little room for Tribal governance based on cultural values and protocols. Few Native individuals or communities were able to become financially self-sustaining as a result of this “Indian New Deal.” In the present day, many have mixed positions and opinions of how well these goals were achieved/realized. Spirit Plate is part of the Whetstone Radio Collective. Learn more about this episode of Spirit Plate at www.whetstoneradio.com, on IG and Twitter at @whetstoneradio, and YouTube at /WhetstoneRadio.

Long-time civil rights advocate Clyde Bellecourt of the White Earth band of Ojibwe died January 11th, leaving behind a legacy of Native changemakers. Reporter Feven Gerezgiher digs into the archives for a look into history. A giant in the movement for American Indian lives has passed. Family confirmed the death on Tuesday morning of NeeGawNwayWeeDun, The Thunder Before the Storm, who was known by his colonial name Clyde (Howard) Bellecourt. He died of cancer in his Minneapolis home. He was 85.In 2015, KKWE Niijii Radio interviewed Bellecourt for a series preserving and sharing wisdom from White Earth elders. Bellecourt traced his activism to prison in his late twenties. There, in helping a mentor launch a cultural program, he re-connected with Ojibwe traditions and established the foundations for what would become the American Indian Movement. It just turned my whole life around. And I figured out, soon as we got these people going about their culture, all of a sudden they're starting to be dental technicians. They all went into AA, Alcoholics Anonymous, Narcotics Anonymous…Everything we did we excelled. (Young people went back to school, got their GED and took correspondence class out of the University of Minnesota. John Poupart who was in there for manslaughter got out and went to Hamline University, went on to Harvard, … became the head of the division of corrections for the whole prison system here in Minnesota.)So we figured it in there if we could do this and help people in jail to get their life together..then we should be able to do this on the street. [~47s] In 1968, Bellecourt and his co-founders formally started the American Indian Movement or AIM in Minneapolis. Leaders sought solutions to police brutality, the loss of Indian children, and the need for culturally-specific education and job programs. The movement quickly spread nationwide. In 1973, AIM led a 71-day occupation of Wounded Knee, South Dakota, in an infamous stand off with U.S. armed forces. Even though we were concerned about the civil rights movement and all the things that were happening in America, we discovered that our civil rights and our human rights are embedded in our treaties. So we stood on the treaty issue, on the traditional form of government. We had at one time, we had to push that. (Cus we knew that the Reservation Business Commitees and the Indian Reorganization Act was designed to terminate us in the long run, generations from now. )[10-16-28s] Bellecourt's quest for Native human rights spanned decades and institutions. He spearheaded the innovative American Indian OIC which since its founding has helped more than 25,000 people enter the workforce. He also played a role in the creation of the 212-unit Little Earth housing complex in South Minneapolis and the Legal Rights Center to fight against racial bias in child protective services. Bellecourt's work with the International Indian Treaty Council eventually led the United Nations to acknowledge the special status of Indigenous peoples throughout the world. Reflecting on his own family history, Bellecourt said hearing details about his mother's traumatic experience in boarding school affirmed his lifelong commitment to activism for the human rights of Native people. When they got caught her speaking Indian, she had to get down on hands and knees with a bowl of soap water and a tooth brush and scrub the floors all day. And clean out the urinals and toilets while all the other kids that gave up their language are running out playing and rap the window like, ‘Why don't you forget about the language and come play…') And I found out my mother never gave up. Toward the end, she told me, they tied stacks of marbles on her knees. Not just her but other children in the boarding school system to get them to break, to get them away from the language and the culture and she had to scrub floors like that. And that's why her legs would swell and why she had arthritis…She made me cry when she told me that. Bellecourt served as Executive Director for AIM until 2019 when he left to focus on his health. Links to the Niijii Radio interview with Clyde Bellecourt are available at MN Native News dot org. For Minnesota Native News, I'm Feven Gerezgiher.

The Stockbridge-Munsee Community, the People of the Waters that Are Never Still, were forced to move many times after they first encountered Europeans. In 1609, Dutch trader Henry Hudson sailed up the Mahicannituck, the River that Flows Both Ways, into Mohican land. By 1614 there was a Dutch trading post established on a nearby island to take advantage of the beaver and otter availability. The arrival of the Europeans changed the economic pattern of the Mohicans, and brought both disease and religion into their land. The Mohican people, part of the Eastern Algonquian family of tribes, originally occupied large areas of land in what is now New England and the Hudson River Valley, including parts of what is now Vermont, New York, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey, and were neighbors to the Lenape, to whom they are related. Over time, the Mohican people and the Munsees, who were also Lenape, and whose language and lifestyles were similar, affiliated with each other.  After the arrival of the Europeans, the Mohicans were driven out of their land, into what would become Massachusetts and Connecticut, where they were introduced to Christianity and became known as the Stockbridge Moohicans. Then they were driven into New York, then to Indiana, then to Wisconsin and then further into Wisconsin. By the late 19th century, the Stockbridge-Munsee, like nearly every Native nation within the United States, was assigned to a reservation. Theirs was largely pine forest that was difficult to farm. Reservation land was portioned and allotted to individuals and families. Much of the land was sold to lumber companies or lost when the taxes couldn't be paid. By the 1920s the Stockbridge Munsee were virtually landless and living in poverty. When Congress passed the Indian Reorganization Act in 1934, Native communities were able to obtain funds from the federal government to reorganize their tribal governments and recover some of their land. By the end of 1937, the Stockbridge-Munsee had a new Constitution. The Stockbridge-Munsee Community is still located on the reservation in Wisconsin, which currently includes a little over 17,000 acres of trust land and around 7,500 acres of non-trust land. Around half of the tribe's population of 1500 people live on or near the reservation. In 1999, they established a Tribal Historic Preservation office to formalize the work of protecting burial sites and other cultural areas in its Eastern homelands. I'm joined in this episode by Heather Bruegl, who is enrolled Oneida Nation of Wisconsin and first line descendant Stockbridge Munsee and who is the Director of Education at the Forge Project. Our theme song is Frogs Legs Rag, composed by James Scott and performed by Kevin MacLeod, licensed under Creative Commons. The episode image is “Papscanee Island Nature Preserve,” by Andy Arthur, May 12, 2013. (CC BY 2.0) We ask that you consider supporting the efforts of the Stockbridge-Munsee Community's Historic Preservation program with a donation.  Sources and links: Brief History, Stockbridge Munsee Stockbridge-Munsee Mohican History, PBS Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohican Indians, Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction “'It's Been Erased': Stockbridge Mohicans Retell, Reclaim Their Story In Berkshires,” by Nancy Eve Cohen, New England Public Media, January 16, 2021 “Mohicans, forced from their ancestral lands, still connect to their heritage here,” The Altamont Enterprise Bethlehem, Thursday, September 27, 2018 “Native American and Indigenous Studies: Stockbridge Munsee Community,” Library Guide, Williams College Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host:This is Minnesota Native News. I'm Marie Rock. Coming up, applications for the 12th cohort of the Native Nations Rebuilders Program are now open. The program is operated by the Native Governance Center, and the Native American Community Clinic in Minneapolis is now requiring COVID-19 vaccinations for its health center staff. Here's reporter Leah Lemm with these stories.Reporter:Native Nations Rebuilders, the two year leadership development program, begins this coming December. It was developed to meet the leadership gap identified by Tribal leaders in Native Governance Center's service area. The service area is the 23 Native nations of Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota. Pearl Walker-Swaney is the Program Manager at Native Governance Center.Pearl Walker-Swaney:We support Native leaders to rebuild their nations through leadership development and tribal government support. And a lot of our work is around strengthening governments, and we believe that by strengthening governments, we are creating a direct pathway to improve quality of life for Native people.Reporter:Native Nations Rebuilders is based on research done by the Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development and its principles of nation building.Pearl Walker-Swaney:You get to understand this history of governance and leadership from pre-contact, for example, through policies, such as the 1934 Indian Reorganization Act, to modern day governments. And so you get this spectrum of changes in leadership, changes in governing styles, and maybe have a better understanding of some of the issues that you see in your own community and how governance can be a solution.Reporter:Pearl also notes participants deepen their understanding and connection to their own personal story and identify what their values are. Come December, there will be over 200 graduates from 11 cohorts, and with COVID-19 pandemic recommendations changing frequently, they're still determining the best format and locations for the 2022 program dates. For now, Pearl says that the program is scheduled to be in-person for 2022.Reporter:Applications are now open. More information about the Native Nations Rebuilders Program from the Native Governance Center can be found online at Nativegov.org or on their social media pages.Reporter:Next, the Native American Community Clinic, or NACC, in Minneapolis, announced that it is now requiring COVID-19 vaccinations for its health center staff. President and CEO of NACC, Dr. Antony Stately, says it wasn't an easy decision to make, but putting action to words was necessary.Dr Antony Stately:This is something I've been thinking about and discussing with leadership, including our board and also folks in the community who are leaders. And I've also been watching the news and have been watching and listening and listening sessions at the state and federal level about the variant and all these other kinds of things that are going on with respect to the pandemic.Reporter:When it comes down to it, the vaccine requirement is aligned with the mission of the clinic.Dr Antony Stately:NACC has a mission, and as part of that mission, a core value is for us to show up and be a good relative to everybody in our community. And I think that a core principle of that, of being a good relative, is to do your part, to protect others, and to not necessarily place your own wellbeing in front of the wellbeing of the crew, or the nation, or the people, right? We have a responsibility to the whole, and we have a responsibility to the future generations.Reporter:For Minnesota Native News, I'm Leah Lemm.

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The Yurok tribe is reversing centuries of ecological damage to their land and making it more resilient to climate change by marrying two systems that might seem contradictory: indigenous land management practices and modern Western economics. In this episode we talk to Yurok Tribe Vice-Chairman Frankie Myers about how the Tribe recovered stolen land with the help of a carbon offset program, the creative ways they're bringing the salmon back, and the role beavers play in the ecosystem. Calls to Action Check out Save California Salmon and their advocacy work for Northern California’s salmon and fish dependent people. Check out the Klamath River Renewal Corporation to learn more about the dam removals and restoration efforts on the Klamath River. Look up your address on native-land.ca to find out what land you live on, and learn more about how and why you can use land acknowledgements to insert an awareness of Indigenous presence and land rights into everyday life. If you own land you can donate, contact a local tribe to find out how you can donate land to them. Check out and support the work of Indigenous organizations like the NDN Collective and their #landback campaign, the Native American Land Conservancy, Indigenous Environmental Network, and Indigenous Climate Action. Study the history of Indigenous people – read Custer Died for Your Sins, The Indian Reorganization Act, and other books by Vine Deloria, Jr., and read A Brief History of American Indian Military Service. If you take an action we recommend in one of our episodes, do us a favor and tell us about it! We’d love to hear how it went and what it felt like. Record a short voice memo on your phone and send it to us at howtosaveaplanet@spotify.com. We might use it in an upcoming episode.

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Thank you for downloading the episode. Today we discuss the Dawes Act, Indian Reorganization Act, and Indian Termination Acts.Our next episode will be a Turtle Talk with some special guests you can find here: CROW Facebook CROW Twitter CROW Educational Sources United Soviet Socialist Podcasts: Check out the USSP Here is our patreon Here is our website Music By: NDNs From All Directions by A Tribe called Red Website Twitter Instagram Broken Promises ft. Chase Manhattan by Sten Joddi Take Action and help reverse the Dawes Act Indian Land Tenure Foundation Video 1.Dawes Act Original Document Native Partners "True Impact of the Dawes Act of 1887" Chronology of Land Allotment 2.Indian Reorganization Act Original Document Native Partnership's Analysis of the Indian Reorganization Act Native Voice's on IRA 3.Indian Termination Acts PWNA on Termination Era of 53-68 ICC Final Report PDF Kansas Act of 1940 Menominee Termination Policy Proles of the Round Table Episode 22 Indigeneity

The landmark Indian Reorganization Act was meant to move tribes away from the governmental policies of forced assimilation towards self-determination. It ended allotment, renewed tribes’ control over their own assets, and encouraged tribes to establish constitutions. John Collier authored the law as Commissioner of the Indian Bureau, which eventually became the Bureau of Indian Affairs. His ideas, like reversing the federal government’s assimilationist policies, were considered radical in 1935. Some historians also believe he romanticized Native American culture, and considered it superior to his own. We’ll discuss Collier’s influence and recognize the Indian Reorganization Act’s ongoing effect as it turns 85.

Tore T. Petersen, Professor of International and American Diplomatic History at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, studies the final wars on the prairie from the Native American perspective in The Military Conquest of the Prairie: Native American Resistance, Evasion and Survival, 1865-1890 (Sussex Academic Press, 2016). When the reservation system took hold about one-third of tribes stayed permanently there, one-third during the harsh winter months, and the last third remained on what the government termed un-ceded territory, which Native Americans had the right to occupy by treaty. For the Federal government it was completely unacceptable that some Indians refused to submit to its authority. Both the Red River war (1874-75) in the south and the great Sioux war (1876-77) in the north were the direct result of Federal violation of treaties and agreements. At issue was the one-sided violence against free roaming tribes that were trying to maintain their old way of life, at the heart of which was avoidance on intermingling with white men. Contrary to the expectations of the government, and indeed to most historical accounts, the Native Americans were winning on the battlefields with clear conceptions of strategy and tactics. They only laid down their arms when their reservation was secured on their homeland, thus providing their preferred living space and enabling them to continue their way of life in security. But white-man perfidy and governmental double-cross were the order of the day. The Federal government found it intolerable that what it termed “savages” should be able to determine their own future. Vicious attacks were initiated in order to stamp out tribalism, resulting in driving the US aboriginal population almost to extinction. Analysis of these events is discussed in light of the passing of the Dawes Act in 1887 that provided for breaking up the reservations to the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934 that gave a semblance of justice to Native Americans. Ryan Tripp is an adjunct instructor for several community colleges, universities, and online university extensions. In 2014, he graduated from the University of California, Davis, with a Ph.D. in History. His Ph.D. double minor included World History and Native American Studies, with an emphasis in Linguistic Anthropology and Indigenous Archeology. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tore T. Petersen, Professor of International and American Diplomatic History at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, studies the final wars on the prairie from the Native American perspective in The Military Conquest of the Prairie: Native American Resistance, Evasion and Survival, 1865-1890 (Sussex Academic Press, 2016). When the reservation system took hold about one-third of tribes stayed permanently there, one-third during the harsh winter months, and the last third remained on what the government termed un-ceded territory, which Native Americans had the right to occupy by treaty. For the Federal government it was completely unacceptable that some Indians refused to submit to its authority. Both the Red River war (1874-75) in the south and the great Sioux war (1876-77) in the north were the direct result of Federal violation of treaties and agreements. At issue was the one-sided violence against free roaming tribes that were trying to maintain their old way of life, at the heart of which was avoidance on intermingling with white men. Contrary to the expectations of the government, and indeed to most historical accounts, the Native Americans were winning on the battlefields with clear conceptions of strategy and tactics. They only laid down their arms when their reservation was secured on their homeland, thus providing their preferred living space and enabling them to continue their way of life in security. But white-man perfidy and governmental double-cross were the order of the day. The Federal government found it intolerable that what it termed “savages” should be able to determine their own future. Vicious attacks were initiated in order to stamp out tribalism, resulting in driving the US aboriginal population almost to extinction. Analysis of these events is discussed in light of the passing of the Dawes Act in 1887 that provided for breaking up the reservations to the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934 that gave a semblance of justice to Native Americans. Ryan Tripp is an adjunct instructor for several community colleges, universities, and online university extensions. In 2014, he graduated from the University of California, Davis, with a Ph.D. in History. His Ph.D. double minor included World History and Native American Studies, with an emphasis in Linguistic Anthropology and Indigenous Archeology. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tore T. Petersen, Professor of International and American Diplomatic History at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, studies the final wars on the prairie from the Native American perspective in The Military Conquest of the Prairie: Native American Resistance, Evasion and Survival, 1865-1890 (Sussex Academic Press, 2016). When the reservation system took hold about one-third of tribes stayed permanently there, one-third during the harsh winter months, and the last third remained on what the government termed un-ceded territory, which Native Americans had the right to occupy by treaty. For the Federal government it was completely unacceptable that some Indians refused to submit to its authority. Both the Red River war (1874-75) in the south and the great Sioux war (1876-77) in the north were the direct result of Federal violation of treaties and agreements. At issue was the one-sided violence against free roaming tribes that were trying to maintain their old way of life, at the heart of which was avoidance on intermingling with white men. Contrary to the expectations of the government, and indeed to most historical accounts, the Native Americans were winning on the battlefields with clear conceptions of strategy and tactics. They only laid down their arms when their reservation was secured on their homeland, thus providing their preferred living space and enabling them to continue their way of life in security. But white-man perfidy and governmental double-cross were the order of the day. The Federal government found it intolerable that what it termed “savages” should be able to determine their own future. Vicious attacks were initiated in order to stamp out tribalism, resulting in driving the US aboriginal population almost to extinction. Analysis of these events is discussed in light of the passing of the Dawes Act in 1887 that provided for breaking up the reservations to the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934 that gave a semblance of justice to Native Americans. Ryan Tripp is an adjunct instructor for several community colleges, universities, and online university extensions. In 2014, he graduated from the University of California, Davis, with a Ph.D. in History. His Ph.D. double minor included World History and Native American Studies, with an emphasis in Linguistic Anthropology and Indigenous Archeology. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tore T. Petersen, Professor of International and American Diplomatic History at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, studies the final wars on the prairie from the Native American perspective in The Military Conquest of the Prairie: Native American Resistance, Evasion and Survival, 1865-1890 (Sussex Academic Press, 2016). When the reservation system took hold about one-third of tribes stayed permanently there, one-third during the harsh winter months, and the last third remained on what the government termed un-ceded territory, which Native Americans had the right to occupy by treaty. For the Federal government it was completely unacceptable that some Indians refused to submit to its authority. Both the Red River war (1874-75) in the south and the great Sioux war (1876-77) in the north were the direct result of Federal violation of treaties and agreements. At issue was the one-sided violence against free roaming tribes that were trying to maintain their old way of life, at the heart of which was avoidance on intermingling with white men. Contrary to the expectations of the government, and indeed to most historical accounts, the Native Americans were winning on the battlefields with clear conceptions of strategy and tactics. They only laid down their arms when their reservation was secured on their homeland, thus providing their preferred living space and enabling them to continue their way of life in security. But white-man perfidy and governmental double-cross were the order of the day. The Federal government found it intolerable that what it termed “savages” should be able to determine their own future. Vicious attacks were initiated in order to stamp out tribalism, resulting in driving the US aboriginal population almost to extinction. Analysis of these events is discussed in light of the passing of the Dawes Act in 1887 that provided for breaking up the reservations to the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934 that gave a semblance of justice to Native Americans. Ryan Tripp is an adjunct instructor for several community colleges, universities, and online university extensions. In 2014, he graduated from the University of California, Davis, with a Ph.D. in History. His Ph.D. double minor included World History and Native American Studies, with an emphasis in Linguistic Anthropology and Indigenous Archeology. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tore T. Petersen, Professor of International and American Diplomatic History at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, studies the final wars on the prairie from the Native American perspective in The Military Conquest of the Prairie: Native American Resistance, Evasion and Survival, 1865-1890 (Sussex Academic Press, 2016). When the reservation system took hold about one-third of tribes stayed permanently there, one-third during the harsh winter months, and the last third remained on what the government termed un-ceded territory, which Native Americans had the right to occupy by treaty. For the Federal government it was completely unacceptable that some Indians refused to submit to its authority. Both the Red River war (1874-75) in the south and the great Sioux war (1876-77) in the north were the direct result of Federal violation of treaties and agreements. At issue was the one-sided violence against free roaming tribes that were trying to maintain their old way of life, at the heart of which was avoidance on intermingling with white men. Contrary to the expectations of the government, and indeed to most historical accounts, the Native Americans were winning on the battlefields with clear conceptions of strategy and tactics. They only laid down their arms when their reservation was secured on their homeland, thus providing their preferred living space and enabling them to continue their way of life in security. But white-man perfidy and governmental double-cross were the order of the day. The Federal government found it intolerable that what it termed “savages” should be able to determine their own future. Vicious attacks were initiated in order to stamp out tribalism, resulting in driving the US aboriginal population almost to extinction. Analysis of these events is discussed in light of the passing of the Dawes Act in 1887 that provided for breaking up the reservations to the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934 that gave a semblance of justice to Native Americans. Ryan Tripp is an adjunct instructor for several community colleges, universities, and online university extensions. In 2014, he graduated from the University of California, Davis, with a Ph.D. in History. His Ph.D. double minor included World History and Native American Studies, with an emphasis in Linguistic Anthropology and Indigenous Archeology. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On November 7, 2017, the Supreme Court heard argument in Patchak v. Zinke, a case involving separation of powers concerns that may arise when Congress passes a statute directing federal courts to “promptly dismiss” a pending lawsuit without amending any underlying substantive or procedural laws. In 2012, the Supreme Court held in the case Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians v. Patchak that David Patchak had prudential standing to bring a lawsuit under the Administrative Procedure Act against the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI), to challenge DOI’s taking title under the Indian Reorganization Act to a certain tract of land that was then put into trust for use by the Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians, also known as the Gun Lake Band or Gun Lake Tribe. Congress responded by passing the Gun Lake Trust Land Reaffirmation Act (the Gun Lake Act), reaffirming DOI’s taking of land into trust for the Gun Lake Tribe, removing jurisdiction from the federal courts over any actions relating to the land in question, and indicating that any such actions “shall be promptly dismissed.” The district court in which Patchak had filed his suit determined that its jurisdiction to resolve the suit had been stripped by the Gun Lake Act and that the act was not unconstitutional. It therefore dismissed Patchak’s case. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit affirmed the district court’s judgment on appeal.The Supreme Court then granted certiorari to address whether a statute directing the federal courts to “promptly dismiss” a pending lawsuit following substantive determinations by the courts (including the Supreme Court’s determination that the “suit may proceed”) – without amending the underlying substantive or procedural laws – violates the Constitution's separation of powers principles.To discuss the case, we have Erik Zimmerman, Attorney at Robinson Bradshaw.

On November 7, 2017, the Supreme Court heard argument in Patchak v. Zinke, a case involving separation of powers concerns that may arise when Congress passes a statute directing federal courts to “promptly dismiss” a pending lawsuit without amending any underlying substantive or procedural laws. In 2012, the Supreme Court held in the case Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians v. Patchak that David Patchak had prudential standing to bring a lawsuit under the Administrative Procedure Act against the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI), to challenge DOI’s taking title under the Indian Reorganization Act to a certain tract of land that was then put into trust for use by the Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians, also known as the Gun Lake Band or Gun Lake Tribe. Congress responded by passing the Gun Lake Trust Land Reaffirmation Act (the Gun Lake Act), reaffirming DOI’s taking of land into trust for the Gun Lake Tribe, removing jurisdiction from the federal courts over any actions relating to the land in question, and indicating that any such actions “shall be promptly dismissed.” The district court in which Patchak had filed his suit determined that its jurisdiction to resolve the suit had been stripped by the Gun Lake Act and that the act was not unconstitutional. It therefore dismissed Patchak’s case. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit affirmed the district court’s judgment on appeal.The Supreme Court then granted certiorari to address whether a statute directing the federal courts to “promptly dismiss” a pending lawsuit following substantive determinations by the courts (including the Supreme Court’s determination that the “suit may proceed”) – without amending the underlying substantive or procedural laws – violates the Constitution's separation of powers principles.To discuss the case, we have Erik Zimmerman, Attorney at Robinson Bradshaw.

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Michael Walleri is an attorney with over 35 years’ experience in Alaska Native/Indian law and policy, particularly with the Indian Reorganization Act (IRA). He has assisted over 17 Alaska tribes and corporations with retribalization of ANCSA lands and has extensive experience with other issues under the Indian Reorganization Act, including the first, and several subsequent, tribal government reorganizations under the IRA after ANCSA. As an attorney, Michael Walleri travels extensively to provide assistance and advocacy to Alaskan villages, Dená Nená Henash (aka Tanana Chiefs Conference) and lower 48 Indian tribes on corporate, municipal and tribal matters.  He has both a federal and state court practice and has appeared before the Alaska Supreme Court, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. 

A case in which the Court held that a neighbor of a proposed Indian casino had standing to sue the government for taking 147 acres of a town's land under Section 465 of the Indian Reorganization Act.