Sovereignty and "Federal Indian Law" - 4 Weeks

Tu+Fri, 6-8pm ET
4 weeks, March 25- April 18 

The US Supreme Court and "Federal Indian Law" continues to impact tribal sovereignty. For example, in 2023, the Court upheld the constitutionality of the Indian Child Welfare Act despite efforts by interest groups to overturn the law. Right now a religious freedom case, Apache Stronghold v. United States, is currently pending petition. This course examines how Indigenous understandings of land, water, religion, and family intersect and clash with law and policy as it is currently structured in the United States.

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Instructor: Mary Klann is a lecturer in Native American history, writer, and union organizer. She is the author of Wardship and the Welfare State: Native Americans and the Formation of First-Class Citizenship in Mid-Twentieth-Century America (University of Nebraska Press). She holds a PhD in US History from UC San Diego.