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Arizona Illustrated: The Rebuilding Native Nations Course Series

Arizona Illustrated: The Rebuilding Native Nations Course Series
2013 |
Course series director Ian Record and course faculty member Robert A. Williams, Jr. appear on Arizona Public Media's "Arizona Illustrated" evening...

governance reform, nation building, practical sovereignty, Rebuilding Native Nations course series, self-determination

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Professor Robert A. Williams Jr. (Lumbee)

American Indians Confront “Savage Anxieties”
2014 |
As part of the $585 billion defense bill for 2015, Congress passed a measure that would give lands sacred to American Indians in Arizona to a foreign...

copper mining, Doctrine of Discovery, Paul Gosar, Rio Tinto, Robert Williams

Web Extra: American Indians Confront 'Savage Anxieties

Web Extra: American Indians Confront 'Savage Anxieties'
2014 |
This week Bill speaks with legal expert Robert A. Williams Jr. about how stereotypes of American Indians have been codified into laws and government...

case law, federal Indian policy, Indigenous Peoples Law and Policy Program (IPLP), racism, stereotypes

Native America Calling: Tribal Enrollment And Blood Quantum

Tribal Enrollment And Blood Quantum
2015 |
Every tribe has its own rules for membership. Some tribes include lineal descent — proof that you descend from a recognized tribal member — while...

blood quantum, citizenship criteria, enrollment, lineal descendancy, lineal descent

Segment 3: Why the Rule of Law and Tribal Justice Systems Matter

Native Nation Building TV: "Why the Rule of Law and Tribal Justice Systems Matter"
2006 |
Guests Robert A. Williams, Jr. and Robert Yazzie discuss the importance of having sound rules of law and justice systems, and examine their...

alternative dispute resolution, common law, cultural match, customary law, due process

Rebuilding Native Nations: "Justice Systems and Cultural Match"

From the Rebuilding Native Nations Course Series: "Justice Systems and Cultural Match"
2012 |
Professor Robert A. Williams, Jr. argues that Native nations can reintegrate their unique cultures and common law into their governance systems,...

common law, cultural match, customary law, traditional governance systems, tribal common law

Rebuilding Native Nations: "Justice Systems: Key Assets for Nation Building"

From the Rebuilding Native Nations Course Series: "Justice Systems: Key Assets for Nation Building"
2012 |
Professor Robert A. Williams, Jr. discusses how an effective, independent justice system can play a pivotal role in a Native nation's efforts to...

common law, cultural match, custom and tradition

Rebuilding Native Nations: "Test: Does Your Nation Have an Independent Judiciary?"

From the Rebuilding Native Nations Course Series: "Test: Does Your Nation Have an Independent Judiciary?"
2012 |
Professor Robert A. Williams, Jr. shares a short test to help a Native nation and its leaders and citizens determine whether or not their judicial...

capable governing institutions, independent judiciaries, independent judiciary, judicial independence, separation of powers

Robert A. Williams, Jr.: Law and Sovereignty: Putting Tribal Powers to Work

Robert A. Williams, Jr.: Law and Sovereignty: Putting Tribal Powers to Work
2011 |
University of Arizona Professor of Law Robert A. Williams, Jr. provides an overview of the U.S. government's centuries-long assault on tribal...

allotment, Courts of Indian Offenses, federal Indian law, Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (P.L. 638) 1975, jurisgenesis

Implications of the Supreme Court's Embrace of Negative Stereotypes

Implications of the Supreme Court's Embrace of Negative Stereotypes
2001 | Robert A. Williams, Jr.
The issues surrounding Native stereotypes should not be dismissed or diminished as merely "surface" problems. "Indian" stereotypes go to the core of...

Doctrine of Discovery, federal Indian law, plenary power, stereotypes, treaties