March 2 | 5:30 pm-7 pm

Instructor: Erik Martin Redix, Ph.d. (Misko-anang)

Cost: $20 *50% or 100% Scholarships Available

Register at: https://mycche.org/event/understanding-tribal-sovereignty/

www.mycche.org | 218-387-3411

When Europeans first encountered Native people in North America, they lived in fully autonomous communities. Despite a complicated and sometimes contradictory history, the US government continually recognized the inherent sovereignty of tribal nations. This presentation will explore the evolution of tribal sovereignty. We will discuss the demographics of Native people in the US and Native nations of Minnesota. We will explore the impact and meaning of American colonialism in regards to Native people and how it shaped how the US government defined tribal sovereignty in the Constitution, treaties, early Supreme Court decisions, and the Trust Doctrine.

Instructor: Erik Martin Redix (Misko-anang) is Eagle clan from the Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe Reservation in Wisconsin. He is the Anishinaabe Language Director at Oshki Ogimaag Community School in Grand Portage. He is the author of The Murder of Joe White: Ojibwe Leadership and Colonialism in Wisconsin (Michigan State University Press, 2014).

Additional sessions - Each session $20 (attend 1 or attend all 4)

March 2: Understanding Tribal Sovereignty - https://www.facebook.com/events/443478077096061/ March 16: Treaty of 1854 - https://www.facebook.com/events/700833850613081/ March 30: Reservations, Boarding Schools, and Assimilation - https://www.facebook.com/events/996789187513540/ April 13: Building of Modern Tribal Nations - https://www.facebook.com/events/2609794895984343/