Indianz.Com > News > Native America Calling: Is the sky the limit for tribal sovereignty?
Native America Calling
Listen to Native America Calling every weekday at 1pm Eastern.
Native America Calling: Is the sky the limit for tribal sovereignty?
Wednesday, May 8, 2024
Is the sky the limit for tribal sovereignty?
Tribes can enact laws and take actions that relate to tribal land. But the ability for tribes to dictate what happens in the skies over that land is less clear.
The Federal Aviation Administration is the main authority controlling the use of airspace. But the growing proliferation of drones and small personal aircraft is prompting researchers and some tribes to explore how to assert jurisdiction to what happens overhead.
Join Native America Calling to discuss some of the current limits and possibilities for exerting sovereign influence over tribal airspace.
Guests on Native America Calling
Jacob Taylor (Curve Lake First Nation), CEO of Indigenous Aerospace
Jonathan Cordova, geography student at the University of Montana
Robert Gifford (citizen of the Cherokee Nation), Native American law attorney and tribal court judge
Shelly Knight, cyberinfrastructure facilitator at American Indian Higher Education Consortium
Search
Filed Under
Tags
More Headlines
Native America Calling: A Pueblo answer to the work and renown of artist Georgia O’Keefe
Native America Calling: Educational outcomes are about more than just grades for Native American students
Cronkite News: Rally calls out government mistreatment of veterans
PRESS RELEASE: Ho-Chunk Nation citizen Rodney Rave announces bid for U.S. Congress
PRESS RELEASE: Choctaw Nation welcomes deal to reopen federal government
Native America Calling: The race to protect cultural treasures
Cronkite News: Health care prices set to rise despite deal to reopen government
Native America Calling: Native American veterans create valuable avenues for connections with fellow Native vets
Arizona Mirror: Food benefits on hold again following last-minute action at Supreme Court
Arizona Luminaria: Navajo teen went missing with no statewide alert
Tom Cole: Honoring the heroes who served our country
TEXT: Bill text of Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026
Special Diabetes Program for Indians gains temporary extension in deal to end government shutdown
NAFOA: 5 Things You Need to Know this Week (November 10, 2025)
Press Release: Senate Committee on Appropriations announces deal to end U.S. government shutdown
More Headlines
Native America Calling: Educational outcomes are about more than just grades for Native American students
Cronkite News: Rally calls out government mistreatment of veterans
PRESS RELEASE: Ho-Chunk Nation citizen Rodney Rave announces bid for U.S. Congress
PRESS RELEASE: Choctaw Nation welcomes deal to reopen federal government
Native America Calling: The race to protect cultural treasures
Cronkite News: Health care prices set to rise despite deal to reopen government
Native America Calling: Native American veterans create valuable avenues for connections with fellow Native vets
Arizona Mirror: Food benefits on hold again following last-minute action at Supreme Court
Arizona Luminaria: Navajo teen went missing with no statewide alert
Tom Cole: Honoring the heroes who served our country
TEXT: Bill text of Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026
Special Diabetes Program for Indians gains temporary extension in deal to end government shutdown
NAFOA: 5 Things You Need to Know this Week (November 10, 2025)
Press Release: Senate Committee on Appropriations announces deal to end U.S. government shutdown
More Headlines