Modern Tribal Law on the Shelf
Posted by: Jennifer Davis
Blog post highlighting some of the Law Library of Congress's holdings regarding Native Americans
Posted in: Collections, Law Library, Native Americans
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Indigenous Rights in New Zealand: Legislation, Litigation, and Protest
Posted by: Kelly Buchanan
While growing up in New Zealand, then attending university there and working as a policy adviser in both environmental and constitutional law, I saw news items and had discussions about Māori rights, activism, and related legal or policy developments fairly regularly. I have therefore followed with interest media articles and social media discussions about the …
Posted in: Collections, Global Law, In the News
Remembering Vine Deloria, Jr.
Posted by: Jennifer Davis
Blog post about the life and activism of Vine Deloria, Jr.
Posted in: Collections, Law Library, Native Americans
On this Day: Florida Becomes the 27th State
Posted by: Jennifer González
On March 3, 1845, Florida became the 27th state to join the United States. People first reached Florida at least 12,000 years ago. Because the sea level was much lower then, Florida was nearly twice the size it is today. Florida is the site of the earliest visit to the continental U.S. by European explorers …
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Law Library Hosts ABA President Paulette Brown for Law Day
Posted by: Liah Caravalho
When she entered the courtroom as a young attorney, Paulette Brown said, people often presumed she was the defendant, the court reporter, or even a juror. “I was anybody but the lawyer,” said Brown, now the president of the American Bar Association (ABA), in describing the obstacles she has faced practicing in the legal profession …
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