{"id":29262,"date":"2022-11-01T09:48:40","date_gmt":"2022-11-01T13:48:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indianz.com\/News\/?p=29262"},"modified":"2022-11-30T18:55:53","modified_gmt":"2022-11-30T23:55:53","slug":"harold-frazier-u-s-supreme-court-continues-genocide-against-sovereign-native-nations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2022\/11\/01\/harold-frazier-u-s-supreme-court-continues-genocide-against-sovereign-native-nations\/","title":{"rendered":"Harold Frazier: U.S. Supreme Court continues genocide against sovereign Native nations"},"content":{"rendered":"<a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2020\/10\/05\/harold-frazier-joe-biden-for-president-of-the-united-states\/haroldfrazier\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2086\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" data-attachment-id=\"2086\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2020\/10\/05\/harold-frazier-joe-biden-for-president-of-the-united-states\/haroldfrazier\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/haroldfrazier-scaled-e1623415129341.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1707\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-title=\"Harold Frazier\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Chairman Harold Frazier of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe addresses the National Congress of American Indians in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on October 23, 2019. Photo by &lt;A href=&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/Kevin_Abourezk&quot;&gt;Kevin Abourezk&lt;\/A&gt; &lt;A href=&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/Kevin_Abourezk&quot;&gt;&lt;I aria-hidden=true class=&quot;fab fa-twitter&quot;&gt;&lt;\/I&gt;&lt;\/A&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/haroldfrazier-scaled-e1623415129341-1024x683.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/haroldfrazier-scaled-e1623415129341.jpg\" alt=\"Harold Frazier\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2086\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"figure-caption\"> Chairman Harold Frazier of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe addresses the National Congress of American Indians in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on October 23, 2019. Photo by <A href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Kevin_Abourezk\">Kevin Abourezk<\/A> <A href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Kevin_Abourezk\"><I aria-hidden=true class=\"fab fa-twitter\"><\/I><\/A><\/figcaption>\r\n<div class=\"h3-responsive font-weight-bold\">For Native Americans, the Supreme Court Lost Legitimacy Long Ago<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"date\">Tuesday, November 1, 2022<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"byline\">By Harold Frazier<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"source\">Chairman, Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe  <A href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CRSTChairman\"><I aria-hidden=true class=\"fab fa-twitter\"><\/I><\/A><\/div>\r\n<div class=\"source-links\"><a href=https:\/\/www.cheyenneriversiouxtribe.org><i class=\"fas fa-link fa-xs\"><\/i> cheyenneriversiouxtribe.org<\/a><\/div>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n\tToday, we do not doubt that the Supreme Court will lose further legitimacy by striking down college admissions that take account of the racial animus that so many students and families have suffered in the <em>Harvard<\/em> and <em>North Carolina<\/em> cases.  \r\n<p><\/p>\r\nNo person shall be denied by any state the equal protection of the laws under the 14th Amendment and Congress has the authority to implement this directive by legislation.  Clearly, where the Federal, state, local and societal institutions have infringed on minority rights for generations, Congress can act to allow redress and to promote diversity in education to provide a more meaningful environment for education for all.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nIn <em>Dobbs<\/em> in June 2022, the Supreme Court lost legitimacy with women by undermining reproductive rights and women\u2019s right to life.  Apparently, the Supreme Court does not know that child birth can be fraught with life and death challenges.  We know because, confined to Indian health care, our Native women have had high maternal health challenges for decades.  \r\n<p><\/p>\r\nBefore <em>Dobbs<\/em>, the Supreme Court lost legitimacy in <em>Bush v. Gore<\/em> when it ruled that America has more legitimacy when states do not count votes.  Later, the Supreme Court struck down voting rights because, in its view, racism in America is over.  The Supreme Court has lost its connection to America\u2019s truth.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nFor Native Americans, the Supreme Court lost legitimacy long ago.  \r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9\">\r\n<div class=\" content_cards_card content_cards_domain_youtu-be\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"content_cards_image\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"content_cards_image_link\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/1_nKWdq9o6s\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/16\/maxresdefault-68.jpg\" alt=\"&#039;I identify as an American Indian&#039;: Race and the U.S. Supreme Court\">\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"content_cards_title\">\n\t\t<a class=\"content_cards_title_link\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/1_nKWdq9o6s\">\n\t\t\t&#8216;I identify as an American Indian&#8217;: Race and the U.S. Supreme Court\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"content_cards_description\">\n\t\t<a class=\"content_cards_description_link\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/1_nKWdq9o6s\">\n\t\t\t<p>The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in a pair of closely watched affirmative action cases on October 31, 2022, with one justice attempting to bring Americ&#8230;<\/p>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"content_cards_site_name\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/s\/desktop\/0715bbf9\/img\/favicon.ico\" alt=\"YouTube\" class=\"content_cards_favicon\"\/>\t\tYouTube\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">Indianz.Com Video: <a href=https:\/\/youtu.be\/1_nKWdq9o6s>&#8216;I identify as an American Indian&#8217;: Race and the U.S. Supreme Court<\/a>\r\n<\/figcaption>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nIn 1903, the Supreme Court overruled the 1867 Kiowa Treaty provision that required three-quarter consent of the Kiowa People for any cession of Indian treaty lands.  The Supreme Court said that under the Federal trust responsibility &#8212; read <em>White Man\u2019s Burden<\/em> &#8212; America had the power to change Native lands into cash without Native Nation consent.  \r\n<p><\/p>\r\nTreaties are made by mutual consent between nations.  The Supreme Court\u2019s rulings concerning Native Sovereign Nations are genocidal, contrary to the Constitution, and in violation of our natural law rights for centuries.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n\tAmong the Lakota,  <EM>Tunkasila Wakan Tanka<\/em>, Grandfather the Creator, blessed the first woman and first man with the breath of life, and with life, came the freedom to follow our sacred visions and our duty to serve <EM>Unci Maka<\/EM>, Grandmother Earth.  Black Elk, our visionary Lakota elder said, \u201cSometimes dreams are wiser than waking\u2026.  Peace comes when a person learns that the Creator dwells at the Center of the Universe.  The Center of the Universe is everywhere.  It is within us in the center of our being.\u201d  \r\n<p><\/p>\r\nLakota rights to sovereignty, self-government and self-determination are  the Creator\u2019s original, inherent, and inalienable gift of life.  No one may take the Creator\u2019s gift of life from our Lakota Oyate.  For thousands of years, prior to Europeans coming to American shores, Dakota was our nation\u2019s territory, our People\u2019s home.  Living in harmony with Grandmother Earth, with food and shelter shared by the Buffalo Nation, the animals and plants, Lakota were happy and healthy.  We worked for our children and grandchildren, the <em>Wakanyajea<\/em>, the Creator\u2019s sacred gift, to provide a good life, a life of freedom.  \r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=\" content_cards_card content_cards_domain_indianz-com\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"content_cards_image\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"content_cards_image_link\" href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2022\/07\/18\/stronghearts-native-helpline-native-women-denied-sovereignty-over-their-own-bodies\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/16\/supremecourt-scaled-5.jpg\" alt=\"StrongHearts Native Helpline: Native women denied sovereignty over their own bodies\">\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"content_cards_title\">\n\t\t<a class=\"content_cards_title_link\" href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2022\/07\/18\/stronghearts-native-helpline-native-women-denied-sovereignty-over-their-own-bodies\/\">\n\t\t\tStrongHearts Native Helpline: Native women denied sovereignty over their own bodies\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"content_cards_description\">\n\t\t<a class=\"content_cards_description_link\" href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2022\/07\/18\/stronghearts-native-helpline-native-women-denied-sovereignty-over-their-own-bodies\/\">\n\t\t\t<p>The legacy of colonialism continues to exist in 2022 through this most recent action by the U.S. Supreme Court to deny Native \u2014 and all \u2014 women the right to body sovereignty.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"content_cards_site_name\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.indianz.com\/favicon.ico\" alt=\"Indianz.Com\" class=\"content_cards_favicon\"\/>\t\tIndianz.Com\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n The Constitution, framed by \u201cWe the People \u2026 excludes \u201cIndians not Taxed\u201d from U.S. citizenship, because Lakota had our own Native Sovereign Nation, our own democracy, laws and traditions.  When America asked for safe passage across our lands for settlers on the Oregon Trail, we agreed and America recognized our homeland in the 1851 Treaty.  In the 1854 Kansas\u2014Nebraska Territory Act, the United States pledged to honor native rights of person and property and to rigidly follow our treaties.  The  1861 Dakota Territory Act repeated these legal assurances.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nWhen America found gold in Montana, miners sought to overrun our homelands and the Government sent the Army.  Red Cloud, Crazy Horse, One Horn, and Sitting Bull fought for our lands.  In the 1868 Treaty, America pledged \u201cwar shall forever cease,\u201d recognized our self-government, and pledged to respect our permanent home, including the Black Hills.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nThen America was overtaken by the <em>White Man\u2019s Burden<\/em>: President Grant said America must have \u201ccivilization\u201d because the only other choice was \u201cextermination.\u201d  Custer found gold in the Black Hills, and Grant sent Custer to steal our land.  Our Lakota and Cheyenne warriors defended Custer\u2019s attack on our peaceful village.   Congress sent more Armies and violated our treaty and the Constitution by taking our sacred lands without consent.  America assassinated Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull and took more land.  Lakota children were sent to boarding schools, with the motto \u201cKill the Indian, Save the Man.\u201d  Students were buried behind those schools.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nFor one hundred years, the Supreme Court sat idle raising procedural barriers to justice.  In 1980, in <em>United States v. Sioux Nation<\/em>, the Supreme Court held that America\u2019s taking of our Black Hills treaty lands was unconstitutional, yet for the past 40 years there has been no justice.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nIn June, in <em>Oklahoma v. Castro-Huerta<\/em>, the Supreme Court held that the 10th Amendment gives states governing power on Indian reservations.  Not true.  Native Sovereign Nations are prior sovereigns and states agreed not to encroach on Indian lands as part of the bargain of their statehood.  Our treaties are the Supreme Law of the Land, nothing in the state constitutions withstanding.\r\n<p><\/p><div class=\"mt-1 mb-1\"><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8411603009680747\" data-ad-slot=\"6394965691\"><\/ins><script>(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});<\/script><\/div><p><\/p>\r\nWithin the past decade, the Supreme Court declared that even when Indian nations win, Congress may choose to wipe us out any time.  Wipe out another People?  That\u2019s more Putin than America.  The Supreme Court is an anachronistic body of elderly politicians, who can never be expected to do justice by Native Sovereign Nations.  With the Supreme Court it\u2019s a one way street that no longer serves America, especially when the 1880 cases relied on are grounded on white supremacy.  As Lakota, we never consented to the Supreme Court\u2019s supremacy claims.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nNatural justice, the Constitution and our treaties establish an enduring nation-to-nation relationship between America and Native Sovereign Nations based upon mutual consent.   It\u2019s time for America to honor its word.  \r\n<p><\/p>\r\nTo bring about restorative justice, President Biden must work with Native Nations based on mutual consent and mutual respect.  \r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<HR><EM><A \r\nhref=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CRSTChairman\">Harold Frazier<\/A> is \r\nserving his second consecutive term as chairman of the <a href=https:\/\/www.cheyenneriversiouxtribe.org>Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe<\/a>, an Indian nation based in South Dakota. He also serves as president of the Great Plains Tribal Chairmen\u2019s Association. He previously served as chair and vice chair of his tribe. 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