NEW: There are 574 federally recognized American Indian tribes in the United States, each with their own unique legal system. @milov-cordobam.bsky.social and Dan Lewerenz provide a brief overview of the tribal courts, law, and constitutions that shape governance for American Indian tribes.

IMO, if Indigenous nations are sovereign, then we are responsible for our mistakes. We cannot hold the United States accountable for the wrongs of history committed against us, but not take account for our wrong of chattel slavery. On the long path of repair, citizenship is only the first step.

This is huge!! A win for Freedmen and another step in the right direction for Native nations upholding treaty rights!

Congrats, Maggie!! Very much looking forward to reading this!

Yes, you definitely are! I don’t think historical methodology is purely the province of those with history Ph.D.’s. Plenty of people without those degrees, including you and Julian, are doing careful and robust history (just not those who often claim to be originalists and thus do “history”).

Couldn’t think of a better book on the constitutional history of the early American republic! The Interbellum Constitution (and really all of Alison’s work) is masterful scholarship!

So well deserved! Go read Sarah’s amazing scholarship on abolition and Black activism in New York!

This was a really fun panel!! And it was an honor to sit alongside and be in conversation with some of the best constitutional historians: Mary Sarah Bilder, @rachelshelden.bsky.social, @janemanners.bsky.social, & @jdmortenson.bsky.social. And thanks to @jgienapp.bsky.social for organizing this!

Exactly. If everybody saw me before and after talks and teaching, they’d see how much time I have to spend by myself to gather the energy for my performance persona 😆

I’d gladly meet with you anytime of day, Anna, but getting you first thing in the morning—when I as an introvert will also be at my best—can’t be beat!

Looking forward to your panel too and to hopefully meeting in person!

At a moment when the problems our world is facing feel insurmountable, I found a lot of inspiration in this. My friend and reporter Allison Herrera sat down with recently freed Leonard Peltier, one of the longest-serving political prisoners in the U.S.

Also shout out to @crispinsouth.com for great legal scholarship (cited in the article) on the constitutional provision this amendment addresses!

And while this amendment introduces uncertainty regarding some rights, as I say in the article, I don’t think the recognition of same-sex marriage is “jeopardized” due to the Indian Civil Rights Act and the lack of political will in the Choctaw Nation to overturn it.

However, I think the framing of this article is slightly misleading. Decoupling Choctaw rights from OK and federal rights is certainly narrowing, but not “lessening” when you’re bolstering tribal autonomy to determine what rights citizens should enjoy.

Nice to have my work on tribal constitutions become directly relevant to my own tribe. Read what I had to say hear:

The Oklahoma Supreme Court (post-McGirt v. Oklahoma) has been making a mockery of law through its egregious and incoherent misapplication of fundamental Indian law principles. Yesterday, they did so once again re: income taxes: turtletalk.blog/wp-content/u...

David Weber’s The Spanish Frontier in North America is a good place to start

Happy to share that my Note, “Transplanted Rights in the Choctaw Nation: Threats to Sovereignty and Potential Solutions,” has been published in the Texas Journal on Civil Liberties and Civil Rights!

Link below if #LawSky #LawTwitter wants to check it out!

I’m honored, and glad you found them helpful! Looking forward to reading the book and returning the favor!

Yes, I’ll be there! Looking forward to catching up!

Congrats, Brian!

Stephanie McCurry’s Masters of Small Worlds could be useful here too

Thanks for the shoutout! I’m glad it accomplished what I set out to do in the article. And the consequences of the decision have already been bad for maintaining other fundamental Indian law principles.