INDIGENOUS TRIBES - 'David vs Goliath'

IMHO:  'Indigenous Tribes' are considered 'nations' but the USA does not really treat nor respect that designation.  We need a Constitutional Amendment making local/state/federal Eminent Domain laws NOT applicable to Tribal Lands.

"Pipeline battle brews in Minnesota between Indigenous tribes and a major oil company" PBS NewsHour 6/7/2021

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SUMMARY:  A protracted stand-off between a major oil company and northern Indigenous American tribes intensified this week over the construction of a pipeline in Minnesota.  Tara Houska, an attorney, founder of the advocacy organization Giniw Collective and a member of the Couchiching First Nation, joins Stephanie Sy from the construction site where the pipeline is being built.

SUPREME COURT - On Native American Rights

"The Supreme Court’s ‘landmark decision’ on tribal sovereignty" PBS NewsHour 7/10/2020

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SUMMARY:  On Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court reaffirmed Native American rights to millions of acres of land in eastern Oklahoma.  The 5-4 opinion granted jurisdictional control to the Muscogee Nation and extends to four neighboring tribal nations, which together make up more than half the state.  Allison Herrera, a reporter for KOSU public radio, joins Judy Woodruff to discuss the “landmark decision.”