Understanding Indian Rights @ Institute for American Indian Studies May 18 @ 1 p.m.

The relationship between the United States Federal Government and Native American Tribes is complicated. It has been burdened by a variety of factors from removal to resettlement, treaties made and broken, and, most recently, allotment and assimilation. Today, complications proliferate with Native Americans being sovereign within their territory but having no say in other matters.

These complex issues will be discussed on Saturday, May 18 at 1 p.m. with Professor Stephen Prevar, who will be unraveling the intricacies of this topic. The discussion will highlight his groundbreaking book, now in its 5th edition, The Rights of Indian Tribes. This is both an in-person lecture at the Institute For American Indian Studies on 38 Curtis Road in Washington and a virtual program.

Stephen Pevar, retired Senior Staff Attorney for the ACLU and current professor of Advanced Federal Indian Law at Yale Law School, will take participants through seven key Supreme Court decisions that have shaped this complex legal landscape in a lecture called “Indian Rights: 7 Game-Changing Decisions.” It will be an enlightening discussion, and participants will leave with a better understanding of the complex nature of these issues. After this lecture, there will be time for questions and answers and a book signing for those wishing to purchase a copy of Pevar’s book.

This special lecture is the first in a series commemorating the hundredth anniversary of the Indian Citizen Act passed on June 2, 1924, that granted citizenship to all Native Americans born in the U.S. This lecture series strives to navigate this complex history and current legal status of Native American citizenship and rights.

If attending in person, preregistration is requested. If attendance is virtual, visit http://www.iaismuseum.org or https://iaismuseum.charityproud.org/EventRegistration/Index/16177 to register and receive a Zoom link. The price of attending this lecture, in person or virtually is $5 for Non-Members and free for Members of the Institute.