Native America Calling: How recent Supreme Court rulings affect Native American issues and interests

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How recent Supreme Court rulings affect Native American issues and interests

In recent weeks, the U.S. Supreme Court has hampered the federal government’s ability to enforce environmental protections and set workplace safety rules, and allows cities to prosecute people without homes for sleeping outside. The rulings are a boon for some tribes and individual Native Americans and a problem for many others.

Tune into Native America Calling find out some of the places the court’s apparent new direction helps or hurts the issues that Native Americans deem important.

The United States Supreme Court in Washington, D.C. Photo by Indianz.Com (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)

Guests on Native America Calling

Derrick Belgarde (Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians and Chippewa Cree), executive director of the Chief Seattle Club in Seattle, Washington

Dr. Victoria Sutton (Lumbee), distinguished professor at Texas Tech University and visiting professor at Vermont Law and Graduate School

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