This Zoom webinar was held on August 5, 2020 to address ongoing human rights issues facing indigenous populations in the US. Watch the recording below and view the provided resources to learn more about the topics discussed. 

Speakers:

• Dave Archambault: (Lakota: Tokala Ohitika) former Chairman of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and Senior Fellow for the University of Colorado’s First Peoples Worldwide
• Larry Baca: (Pawnee) former Deputy Director of the Office of Tribal Justice, United States Department of Justice, and former President of the Native American Bar Association
• Dean Kevin Washburn: (Chickasaw) University of Iowa College of Law, former Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs at the U.S. Department of the Interior
• Amy Weismann (Moderator): Assistant Director, UI Center for Human Rights

Resources

From Dave Archambault: 

• EarthJustice (July 6, 2020). Judge Orders Dakota Access Pipeline to Shut Down [with official ruling]. Retrieved from: https://earthjustice.org/news/press/2020/judge-orders-dakota-access-pipeline-to-shut-down
• Archambault II, D. (August 24, 2016). Taking a Stand at Standing Rock. The New York Times [Editorial]. Retrieved from: https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/25/opinion/taking-a-stand-at-standing-rock.html

From Lawrence Baca:

• Fryberg, S.A., Markus, H.R., Oyserman, D. & Stone, J.M. (2008). Of Warrior Chiefs and Indian Princesses: The Psychological Consequences of American Indian Mascots. Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 30, 208-218. Retrieved from: http://www.indianmascots.com/fryberg--web-psychological_.pdf
• Milloy, C. (14 July 2020). Suzan Harjo fought for decades to remove the Redskins name. She’ll wait to celebrate. The Washington Post. Retrieved from: https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/suzan-shown-harjo-redskins-name-fight/2020/07/14/6f382d16-c5f4-11ea-b037-f9711f89ee46_story.html
• National Congress on American Indians. Ending the Era of Harmful "Indian" Mascots. Retrieved from: http://www.ncai.org/proudtobe 
• Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian, exhibit on Native american imagery: https://americanindian.si.edu/americans/

From Kevin Washburn

• Hansen, E. (Nov. 13, 2017). Native Americans, the Forgotten Minority in Police Shootings. CNN. Retrieved from: https://www.cnn.com/2017/11/10/us/native-lives-matter/index.html