The Sioux’s battle against a Dakota oil pipeline is a galvanizing social justice movement for Native Americans. By Kristen A. Carpenter and Angela R. Riley September 23, 2016 What sparks and sustains a movement? For more than a month, members of the Standing Rock Sioux tribe and thousands of allies have gathered in camps along … Read more
Abstract: As indigenous peoples have become actively engaged in the human rights movement around the world, the sphere of international law, once deployed as a tool of imperial power and conquest, has begun to change shape. International human rights law is now serving as a basis for indigenous peoples’ claims against states and even influencing … Read more
The Indian Civil Rights Act at Forty, 2012 Edited by Kristen A. Carpenter, Matthew L.M. Fletcher, and Angela R. Riley, 2012. Congress passed the Indian Civil Rights Act of 1968 (ICRA) to address civil rights in Indian country. ICRA extended select, tailored provisions of the Bill of Rights-including equal protection, due process, free speech and … Read more