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Genomic Research Through an Indigenous Lens: Understanding the Expectations
Indigenous scholars are leading initiatives to improve access to genetic and genomic research and health care based on their unique cultural contexts and within sovereign-based governance models created and accepted by their peoples. In the past,Indigenous peoples’ engagement with genomic research...
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Justin Beaulieu: Red Lake Nation Constitutional Reform

Justin Beaulieu: Red Lake Nation Constitutional Reform
Justin Beaulieu: The Red Lake Nation's Approach to Constitutional Reform
Justin Beaulieu (Red Lake Nation), coordinator of the Red lake Nation Constitution Reform Initiative, provides a detailed overview of how the Red Lake Nation's constitution reform committee has designed and is implementing a methodical, strategic, comprehensive approach to reviewing and reforming...
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Rae Nell Vaughn: So What's So Important About Tribal Courts?

Rae Nell Vaughn: So What's So Important About Tribal Courts?
Rae Nell Vaughn: So What's So Important About Tribal Courts?
Rae Nell Vaughn, former Chief Justice of the Mississippi Choctaw Supreme Court, discusses how justice systems are critical to Native nations' exercise of sovereignty, and sets out some key things that those systems need to have in place in order to administer justice fairly and effectively on...
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Ned Norris: Strengthening Governance at Tohono O'odham

Ned Norris: Strengthening Governance at Tohono O'odham
Ned Norris, Jr.: Strengthening Governance at Tohono O'odham
Tohono O'odham Nation Chairman Ned Norris, Jr. discusses how his nation has systematically worked to strengthen its system of governance, from creating an independent, effective judiciary to developing an innovative, culturally appropriate approach to caring for the nation's elders.
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Leroy LaPlante, Jr: (leading native nations)

Leroy LaPlante, Jr: (leading native nations)
Leroy LaPlante, Jr.: Effective Bureaucracies and Independent Justice Systems: Key to Nation Building
In this informative interview with NNI's Ian Record, Leroy LaPlante, Jr., former chief administrative officer with the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe and a former tribal judge, offers his thoughts on what Native nation bureaucracies and justice systems need to have and need to do in order to support...
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NNI Indigenous Leadership Fellow: Rae Nell Vaughn (Part 1)

NNI Indigenous Leadership Fellow: Rae Nell Vaughn (Part 1)
NNI Indigenous Leadership Fellow: Rae Nell Vaughn (Part 1)
Rae Nell Vaughn, former Chief Justice of the Mississippi Choctaw Supreme Court, discusses the critical role that justice systems play in the rebuilding of Native nations and shares how the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians has worked to develop its justice system to reflect and promote its...
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NNI Indigenous Leadership Fellow: Rae Nell Vaughn (Part 2)

NNI Indigenous Leadership Fellow: Rae Nell Vaughn (Part 2)
NNI Indigenous Leadership Fellow: Rae Nell Vaughn (Part 2)
Rae Nell Vaughn, former Chief Justice of the Mississippi Choctaw Supreme Court, shares how her nation methodically re-integrated Choctaw core values into its administration of justice, and how Mississippi Choctaw's creation of a fair and efficient justice system is paying social, cultural,...
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Rebuilding Native Nations: "Clarifying Roles and Delegating Responsibility"

Rebuilding Native Nations:  "Clarifying Roles and Delegating Responsibility"
From the Rebuilding Native Nations Course Series: "Clarifying Roles and Delegating Responsibility"
Native leaders discuss the need for Native nations to define the distinct roles of elected leaders and administrators, and the importance of leaders delegating responsibilities to those appropriately charged with day-to-day administraion.
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Honoring Nations: Loren Bird Rattler, Colleen Barcus, Ray Montoya and Jay St. Goddard: Siyeh Corporation

Honoring Nations: Loren Bird Rattler, Colleen Barcus, Ray Montoya and Jay St. Goddard: Siyeh Corporation
Honoring Nations: Loren Bird Rattler, Ray Montoya and Jay St. Goddard: Siyeh Corporation
Representatives from the Siyeh Corporation present an overview of the corporation's establishment and growth to the Honoring Nations Board of Governors in conjunction with the 2005 Honoring Nations Awards.
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