14. Honoring Indian Law and Treaties, Part One

Podcast transcript (pdf) We have two guests in this podcast, both deeply committed to exploring the puzzling and troubling history of relations between Native American Indian tribal nations and the United States and Canada. Steve Schwartzberg is a former Director of Undergraduate Studies for International Studies at Yale University, and he is writing a book titled “Arguments over Genocide: The War of Words over Cherokee Removal in the Congress and the Supreme Court." And Peter d’Errico is a member of the New Mexico Bar Association and a former staff attorney at Navajo Legal Services. He has litigated on behalf of Wampanoag on land issues, Western Shoshone on fishing issues, and a variety of tribal members, enrolled and non-enrolled alike, on their freedom to practice indigenous spiritual traditions in prison. Peter is a Professor Emeritus of Legal Studies at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Study Guides Available⁠ on our Educational Materials page on ⁠TalkingLeavesForum.org⁠