Tribal Sovereignty, Law, and Ethical Government in the 21st Century: Lessons Learned in the Cherokee Nation

What can we learn from Indian nations, unique governments with their own constitutional frameworks, laws, and sovereignty, about the art and complexity of nation-building—lessons that may benefit all levels of government today? Could the treatment of Indian tribes serve as the modern-day miner’s canary, signaling the health and integrity of American democratic governance, or lack thereof?
Chadwick “Corntassel” Smith is a Native expert on tribal sovereignty, constitutional scholar, and former Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation.
This lecture is co-sponsored by JEBI and the Pakachoag Project Steering Committee.

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