Restoring Native Safety, Self-Determination, and Tribal Sovereignty
Publication Date
7-21-2021
Abstract
Deason Center Director Pamela Metzger talks with Indian law expert and advocate Mary Kathryn Nagle about restoring safety for native women and the future of tribal sovereignty. Mary Kathryn Nagle is an Attorney at Law and Partner at Pipestem and Nagle Law, P.C., and a Member of the Cherokee Nation. Ms. Nagle discusses the right of Native women to be safe in their own homes and explains why advocates for Native women are focused on restoring tribal sovereignty. For Native women in the United States, tribal sovereignty and personal safety are inextricably linked. Police failures to investigate and solve the cases of missing and murdered Native women and girls inflict their own violence on already marginalized Native communities. And when Native women are raped and murdered in their own homes, their local governments lack the power to prosecute their assailants. Drawing on her legal background, Ms. Nagle argues that tribal jurisdiction must include the right to prosecute violent crimes committed against Native women on Native land. Restoring Native Safety, Self-determination, and Tribal Sovereignty is part of the Deason Center's STAR Justice Series. This presentation took place on Wednesday, July 21, 2021.
Document Type
Streaming Video
Disciplines
Criminal Law | Criminal Procedure | Criminology and Criminal Justice | Law | Law and Society | Public Policy | Social Justice
Part Of
STAR Justice Series
Publisher
Southern Methodist University, Dedman School of Law, Deason Criminal Justice Reform Center
