{"id":22036,"date":"2022-03-11T15:28:57","date_gmt":"2022-03-11T20:28:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indianz.com\/News\/?p=22036"},"modified":"2022-03-11T15:28:58","modified_gmt":"2022-03-11T20:28:58","slug":"tim-giago-a-native-justice-for-the-u-s-supreme-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2022\/03\/11\/tim-giago-a-native-justice-for-the-u-s-supreme-court\/","title":{"rendered":"Tim Giago: A Native justice for the U.S. Supreme Court"},"content":{"rendered":" \"Tim<\/a>
Tim Giago. Photo courtesy Native Sun News Today<\/a><\/figcaption>\r\n
Where is the Lakota cavalry?<\/div>\r\n
Friday, March 11, 2022<\/div>\r\n
By Tim Giago (Nanwica Kciji \u2013 Stands Up For Them or Defender)<\/div>\r\n

<\/p>\r\nThere are times I write a column just to alert the National Congress of American Indians, the National Indian Education Association, the Native American Rights Fund, tribal leaders, and any other tribal organizations that there is a WRONG out there and it is a WRONG that needs to be addressed.\r\n

<\/p>\r\nI am always amazed when not one of the above name organizations or tribal leaders sees it as a problem and never addresses it.\r\n

<\/p>\r\nLet me give you an example. Several years ago I wrote about a book called \u201cThe Brethren\u201d written by Bob Woodward and Scott Armstrong<\/a>. The book was one of the best books ever written about the U.S. Supreme Court.\r\n

<\/p>\r\nIn the book they did a little piece on Chief Justice William Rehnquist. It seems that the good judge kept a little file where he kept cases for and against Native Americans. He called it his \u201cShit file.\u201d Now just that attitude alone by a Supreme Court Justice should have had all Native American organizations up in arms.\r\n

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The U.S. Supreme Court is seen behind protective fencing from 2nd Street NE in Washington, D.C. The fencing was installed following the attack on the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. The fencing has since been removed. Photo by Indianz.Com (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)<\/a><\/figcaption>\r\n

<\/p>\r\nThis comes to mind because there has never been a Native American on the Supreme Court in its history. Natives have been here long before there was a Supreme Court and at a time when the Court had an empty seat why were there no Native organizations rattling the cages of Biden to get a Native American on the court, man or woman?\r\n

<\/p>\r\nNo other people in America have had more cases before the Supreme Court than Native Americans. They have lost millions of acres of land that were tried by the Supreme Court. They have lost water, oil and gas rights. They have lost cases ranging from education to health. And yet Native Americans have never spoken out about having one of their own members on the Supreme Court.\r\n

<\/p>\r\nThe past few weeks while the Biden Administration was searching for a new member of the Court would have been a perfect time for Native Americans to get in their two cents worth and screamed to the high heavens that a Native should be considered for the Court.\r\n

<\/p>\r\n Not a peep. You didn\u2019t hear one shout or complaint by any of the groups I named that are supposed to represent the rights of Native Americans. Why was that?\r\n

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