The Indigenous Decade in Review

Authors

Christine Zuni Cruz, University of New Mexico School of LawFollow

Abstract

This Article considers the decade, 2010 to 2019, in respect to indigenous peoples in the United States. The degree of invisibility of indigenous peoples, in spite of the existence of 574 federally recognized tribes with political status, is a central issue in major cases and events of the decade. Land and environment, social concerns, and collective identity are the three areas through which this Article considers the decade. The Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, endorsed in 2010, sets a measure for the nation-state’s engagement with indigenous peoples possessed of self-determination. The criticality of a new place in the American consciousness for the political status of indigenous peoples in the United States going forward is a feature of the decade.

Recommended Citation

Christine Zuni Cruz, The Indigenous Decade in Review, 73 SMU L. Rev. F. 140 (2020)