A champion of tribal sovereignty, she was the first chairwoman of the Menominee in Wisconsin and the first Native American woman to lead the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
Tag: Bureau of Indian Affairs
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Bulldozing. Kidnapping Claims. Inside a Battle Over a Tribe’s Future.
What’s behind the internal power struggle within the Cayuga Nation in New York?
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With a Land Dispute Deadlocked, a Wisconsin Tribe Blockades Streets
Tribal leaders in Lac du Flambeau said they were asserting sovereignty in demanding long overdue payment for roads used by non-Native residents, who are now unable to drive home.