Native Americans and the Supreme Court

In celebration of Native American Heritage month, Keith Richotte Jr., author of the forthcoming book, The Worst Trickster Story Ever Told: Native America, the Supreme Court, and the U.S. Constitution and Matthew L.M. Fletcher of the University of Michigan discuss Native American history and law through the stories of landmark Supreme Court cases. Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center, moderates.

Resources: 

• Matthew L.M. Fletcher, The Ghost Road: Anishinaabe Responses to Indian Hating (2020)
• Keith Richotte Jr., The Worst Trickster Story Ever Told: Native America, the Supreme Court, and the U.S. Constitution (forthcoming 2025)
• United States v. Kagama (1886)
• United States v. Lara (2004)
• Matthew L.M. Fletcher, “Muskrat Textualism,” Northwestern Law Review, Jan. 16, 2022.
• McGirt v. Oklahoma (2020)
• Ex Parte Crow Dog (1883)
• Major Crimes Act
• Oliphant v. Suquamish Indian Tribe (1978)
• Montana v. United States (1981)
• Indian Civil Rights Act
• Duro v. Reina (1990)
• Haaland v. Brackeen (2023)
• Turtle Talk Blog
• Worcester v. Georgia (1832)
• Oklahoma v. Castro-Huerta (2022)

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