The Sand Creek Massacre

LONG DECISION, WRONG DECISION: The Supreme Court’s Refusal to Recognize Tribal Sovereignty
by
Andrew Wickenkamp
I. Introduction:
The Commerce Clause of the Constitution gives to Congress the exclusive responsibility of regulating our relationships with Indian tribes . Yet on June 25, 2008, the Supreme Court handed down its decision in Plains Commerce Bank v. Long placing another obstacle [...]

“Native Americans are born to roam the earth.”

When I walk at Sand Creek today, I step carefully.
My size ten and a halves sink into the sand. Where there is grass or plants, Canadian thistle or tamarisk or sage or some other one of the numerous types of grass and plants at Sand Creek, it catches my clod hoppers, just before they sink [...]