Indigenous Peoples: National Policy and International Human Rights

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The focus of the Center’s 2005-07 theme of inquiry is indigenous peoples. As the world moved into a new millennium, the importance of Native cultures became increasingly clear. There are lessons to be learned from traditional peoples, and those lessons can only be taught by the peoples themselves. Modern medicine is reaching back to historical traditional medicines; legal systems are adopting native concepts of mediation and restorative justice; language, music art and literature find inspiration from the works and ways of indigenous peoples. Tribes, both in the United States and abroad, have renewed confidence in their ancient ways and are drawing upon ancestral wisdom to guide their people through complex and challenging worlds.

This collection includes thematic addresses and publications resulting from Wayne Morse Center for Law and Politics programs or presented by faculty of the School of Law.

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    Oregon Law Review : Vol. 83, No 4, p. 1331-1348 : The Politics of Abundance: Towards a Future of Tribal-State Relations
    (University of Oregon School of Law, 2004) Wood, Mary Christina
    Mary Christina Wood is Professor of Law and Dean’s Distinguished Faculty Fellow; Director, Bowerman Center for Environmental and Natural Resources Law, University of Oregon School of Law. This is a keynote speech before the Governor of Oregon’s Seventh Annual Summit with Indian Tribes, delivered at Pendleton, Oregon, October 29, 2004. Footnotes have been added to provide references to quotes. The author thanks Jason Hartz for footnote assistance and Sean Martin for editorial assistance.
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    Context is Everything: History and Culture in Contemporary Tribal Life
    (2005-11-09) Mankiller, Wilma Pearl, 1945-
    Wilma Mankiller, twenty-fifth occupant of the Wayne Morse Chair of Law and Politics, presented a public lecture on Wednesday, November 9, in the EMU Ballroom. Mankiller is an author, activist, and former principal chief of the Cherokee Nation.
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    Native America in the 21st Century: Out of the Mist and Beyond Myth
    (2006-10-03) West, W. Richard, Jr.
    W. Richard West, Jr., twenty-sixth occupant of the Wayne Morse Chair of Law and Politics, presented a public lecture on October 3, 2006. West is the Director of the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of the American Indian.