Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2020
Abstract
This Article considers the decade, 2010 to 2019, in respect to indigenous peoples in the United States. The degree of invisibility of indigenous peoples, in spite of the existence of 574 federally recognized tribes with political status, is a central issue in major cases and events of the decade. Land and environment, social concerns, and collective identity are the three areas through which this Article considers the decade. The Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, endorsed in 2010, sets a measure for the nation-state’s engagement with indigenous peoples possessed of self-determination. The criticality of a new place in the American consciousness for the political status of indigenous peoples in the United States going forward is a feature of the decade.
Publisher
Southern Methodist University
Publication Title
SMU Law Review Forum
Volume
73
First Page
140
Last Page
155
DOI
https://doi.org/10.25172/slrf.73.1.13
Recommended Citation
Christine Zuni Cruz,
The Indigenous Decade in Review,
73
SMU Law Review Forum
140
(2020).
Available at:
https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/law_facultyscholarship/793
Included in
Indigenous, Indian, and Aboriginal Law Commons, Land Use Law Commons, Social Welfare Law Commons
Comments
Collection: Foundational Voices in 2020 and Beyond