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traditional governance systems

Tradition and Governance: Tom Happynook

Tradition and Governance: Tom Happynook
Tradition and Governance: Tom Happynook
Tom Happynook of Huu-ay-ut First Nation explains how traditional leaders are raised to learn the qualities and values of leadership. He also explains how traditional governance in his community is more democratic than the Canadian election process.
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Northern Cheyenne Tribe: Traditional Law and Constitutional Reform

Northern Cheyenne Tribe: Traditional Law and Constitutional Reform
Northern Cheyenne Tribe: Traditional Law and Constitutional Reform
This profile by Sheldon C. Spotted Elk examines the U.S. government's infringement on the Northern Cheyenne's political sovereignty. Most significantly, it examines the relationship between the oral history of the Northern Cheyenne and its impact on traditional tribal governance and law. Following...
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Tradition and Governance: Joseph G Norris

Tradition and Governance: Joseph G Norris
Tradition and Governance: Joseph G. Norris
Joseph Norris of the Halalt Nation located in British Columbia talks about being raised from the age of five to be a leaders and about the structure of traditional governance in his community.
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Tradition and Governance: Chief Richard Gamble

Tradition and Governance: Chief Richard Gamble
Tradition and Governance: Chief Richard Gamble
Chief Gamble of Beardy's and Okemasis First Nation says that tradition and spirituality are a way of life and might be captured in a constitution so that First Nations can develop laws that are based on traditional values. This would be a way to undo the Indian Act and make way for more traditional...
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Tradition and Governance: Georjann Morreseau

Tradition and Governance: Georjann Morreseau
Tradition and Governance: Georjann Moresseau
Councilor Georjann Morreseau of Fort William First Nation talks about the challenges of teaching Fort William youth about traditions and governance.
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David Wilkins: Patterns in American Indian Constitutions

David Wilkins: Patterns in American Indian Constitutions
David Wilkins: Patterns in American Indian Constitutions
University of Minnesota American Indian Studies Professor David Wilkins provides a comprehensive overview of the resiliency of traditional governance systems among Native nations in the period leading up to the passage of the Indian Reorganization Act (IRA), and shares some data about the types of...
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Stephen Cornell: Getting Practical: Constitutional Issues Facing Native Nations

Stephen Cornell: Getting Practical: Constitutional Issues Facing Native Nations
Stephen Cornell: Getting Practical: Constitutional Issues Facing Native Nations
Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy Director Stephen Cornell provides a brief overview of what a constitution fundamentally is, and some of the emerging trends in innovation that Native nations are exhibiting when it comes to constitutional development and reform. This video resource is...
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Darrin Old Coyote: Reforming the Apsáalooke (Crow) Nation's Governing System: What Did We Do and Why Did We Do It?

Darrin Old Coyote: Reforming the Apsáalooke (Crow) Nation's Governing System: What Did We Do and Why Did We Do It?
Darrin Old Coyote: Reforming the Apsaalooke (Crow) Nation's Governing System: What Did We Do and Why Did We Do It?
Vice Secretary Darrin Old Coyote of the Crow Tribe's Executive Branch provides a brief history of the Crow Tribe's governance system, and explains the factors that prompted the Tribe to abandon its governance system in 2001 and replace it with a new constitution and system of government entirely of...
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Regis Pecos: The Role of Core Values in Cochiti Governance and Renewal

Regis Pecos: The Role of Core Values in Cochiti Governance and Renewal
Regis Pecos: The Role of Core Values in Cochiti Governance and Renewal
In this excerpted video, former Cochiti Governor Regis Pecos provides an overview of the core values that are integral to Cochiti's culture and way of life, and shows how his people relied on the application of those core values to overcome a catastrophe and rebuild its nation and community. This...
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Tribal Constitutions and Native Sovereignty

Tribal Constitutions and Native Sovereignty
Tribal Constitutions and Native Sovereignty
More than 565 Indigenous tribal governments exercise extensive sovereign and political powers within the United States today. Only about 230 of the native communities that created these governments, however, have chosen to adopt written constitutions to define and control the political powers of...
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