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By the Fire We Carry: The Generations-Long Fight for Justice on Native Land

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A portrait of Major Ridge, an older Cherokee man.

Revealed Through a Mountain of Paperwork

As the nation’s highest court debated Native sovereignty, I was in the archives, uncovering family stories entwined with those debates.

by Rebecca Nagle via HNN on September 24, 2024

Deserted turnpike on tribal land.

How a Small Town Murder in Oklahoma Sparked a Supreme Court Battle Over Tribal Sovereignty

On the independence of the Muscogee Nation.

by Rebecca Nagle via Literary Hub on September 10, 2024

Map of Cherokee Allotment from the Dawes Commission.

Coercion

“Allotment”—and its repercussions.

by Rebecca Nagle via Los Angeles Review of Books on September 8, 2024

Flag of the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs

The Supreme Court Case That Could Break Native American Sovereignty

Haaland v. Brackeen could have major consequences for tribes’ right to exist as political entities.

by Rebecca Nagle via The Atlantic on November 8, 2022

Half the Land in Oklahoma Could be Returned to Native Americans. It Should Be.

A Supreme Court case about jurisdiction in an obscure murder has huge implications for tribes.

by Rebecca Nagle via Washington Post on November 28, 2018

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