S005 - Does the Future of Indians Include Eminent Domain?

The confluence of a 1975 article by Vine Deloria, Jr., and a 2025 law review article sparks a conversation about what's roiling our minds at the moment.In 1975, Vine Deloria, Jr., wrote an article in Akwesasne Notes pondering “the future of Indians”. In 2025, fifty years later, a law review article proposed that “tribes” should have powers of “eminent domain” to “take” land for “public use”.Steve and I discuss the strange and startling implications arising from originally free peoples turning toward the domination system that attacks their free existence.Does it mean that the “boarding schools” were successful? That Henry Pratt succeeded in “killing the Indian and saving the man”?Learn more at dominationchronicles.com where you can view show notes and download a transcript. Don't forget to like and subscribe to our podcast on youtube.Subscribe on YouTubeSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dominationchronicles/exclusive-content