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TruthToTell: Community Connections- White Earth Constitutional Forum Part I

TruthToTell: Community Connections- White Earth Constitutional Forum Part I
Truth To Tell: Community Connections - White Earth Constitutional Forum Part I
In collaboration with production partner KKWE/Niijii Radio, TruthToTell and CivicMedia/Minnesota traveled west on August 14, 2013, to the White Earth Reservation to air/televise the seventh in our series of LIVE Community Connections forums on critical Minnesota issues. Convened at White Earth's...
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Special White Earth Constitutional Reform Issue

Special White Earth Constitutional Reform Issue
Special White Earth Constitutional Reform Issue
As the White Earth Nation prepares for a referendum election to approve or reject the proposed constitution, the Reform Committee has implemented a series of citizen engagement activities that includes a special issue of the tribal newspaper to inform citizens of the election date, proposed changes...
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TruthToTell: Community Connections- White Earth Constitutional Forum Part II

TruthToTell: Community Connections- White Earth Constitutional Forum Part II
Truth To Tell: Community Connections - White Earth Constitutional Forum Part II
In collaboration with production partner KKWE/Niijii Radio, TruthToTell and CivicMedia/Minnesota traveled west on August 14, 2013, to the White Earth Reservation to air/televise the seventh in our series of LIVE Community Connections forums on critical Minnesota issues. Convened at White Earth's...
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Rethinking Rewriting: Tribal Constitutional Amendment and Reform

Rethinking Rewriting: Tribal Constitutional Amendment and Reform
Rethinking Rewriting: Tribal Constitutional Amendment and Reform
This essay examines the recent wave of American Indian tribal constitutional change through the framework of subnational constitutional theory. When tribes rewrite their constitutions, they not only address internal tribal questions and communicate tribal values, but also engage with other...
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Videos: White Earth Nation Constitutional Reform

Videos: White Earth Nation Constitutional Reform
Videos: White Earth Nation Constitutional Reform
As part of its ongoing process of educating the White Earth people and others about White Earth's proposed new constitution, White Earth Nation's Constitutional Education Team produced several videos for White Earth citizens to view in order to gain a better understanding of the key governance...
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Small Towns: Red Lake Nation

Small Towns: Red Lake Nation
Small Towns: Red Lake Nation
More power to the people, that's the driving force behind a government overhaul at Red Lake Nation. Tribe officials received a $1.5 million grant to reform their constitution over a span of about three years. We explore just what these changes will mean for the Chippewa Tribe...
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Build Our Nation Convention - Lakeland News at Ten - September 19, 2013

Build Our Nation Convention - Lakeland News at Ten - September 19, 2013
Build Our Nation Convention
A local television news program chronicles the effort of the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe to deliberate potential changes to its constitution and system of governance.
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White Earth Nation Constitutional Reform Workbook

White Earth Nation Constitutional Reform Workbook
White Earth Nation Constitutional Reform Workbook
The core purpose of this Constitution is to take action and directly express, through that action, native cultural sovereignty. This workbook is designed to help the citizens of the White Earth Nation to understand their constitution. Through this effort and through your understanding of the...
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Anthony Hill: The Process of Constitutional Reform: What Gila River Indian Community Did and Why

Anthony Hill: The Process of Constitutional Reform: What Gila River Indian Community Did and Why
Anthony Hill: The Process of Constitutional Reform: What Gila River Indian Community Did and Why
Formerly the Chairman of the Gila River Tribal Constitution Task Force, Anthony Hill describes the process that the Gila River Indian Community has engaged in as it undertakes reforming its constitution and system of government. Hill also offers some tips and strategies other Native nations should...
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Rebuilding Native Nations: "The First Key to Effective Constitutions: Legitimacy"

Rebuilding Native Nations:  "The First Key to Effective Constitutions: Legitimacy"
From the Rebuilding Native Nations Course Series: "The First Key to Effective Constitutions: Legitimacy"
Frank Ettawageshik, Joan Timeche and Frank Pommersheim discuss the importance of constitutional legitimacy to effective Native nation governance, and stress that the source of that legitimacy is the very people a constitution is designed to serve.
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