Tag: Academic
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Country and Culture
I’m writing today from steamy Carnegie Park, home of the Kiowa Gourd Clan’s annual celebration. While an American flag is prominently displayed in the middle of the arena and scores of veterans line the rows of chairs behind it, the event is decidedly not a celebration of America’s Independence from Great Britain. Somewhere around the time…
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When Tribes Fail to Govern: Lessons from the Tribal Payday LendingFiasco
My work here in New Zealand sometimes feels far removed from the context of my tribes and family back in America. But every now and then, stories drift across the Pacific from Indian Country that remind me how similar the challenges facing the World’s Indigenous peoples are. In this case, challenges of governance and good…
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Indigenous Governance in the United States and New Zealand
It’s been a long while since I’ve added an update on my work with Indigenous peoples. I had hoped this site would turn into a place where I could share some of the questions that have come about from my work and a place where I could obtain feedback from those interested in similar issues.…
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New Scholarship: "A Libertarian Framework for Indian Rights"
This site is long overdue for an update. For now, I’m pleased to share the above post about my work from the Indian Law blog Turtle Talk run by Prof. Matthew Fletcher at Michigan State University Law School. Prof. Fletcher’s website posted a link to my SSRN profile and shared the abstract of my dissertation…
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