Document Type
Panel Presentation
Start Date
21-4-2017 10:45 AM
End Date
21-4-2017 12:00 PM
Keywords
American Indian, Treaties, Indigenous
Biography
I am a Political Science major at Marshall University and I am currently taking my Capstone.This is my senior year at Marshall and it is very exciting for me to be able to present my work at this research conference.
Major
Political Science
Advisor for this project
Dr. Jamie Warner
Abstract
American Indian Treaties and laws are only followed when they benefit
the government, meaning they don't apply any other time. Only certain
sections are deemed valuable, and the parts that could incriminate the
government are omitted. This paper discusses the content of American
Indian Laws and treaties and the crippling effects they have had on
Indian country. Furthermore, this paper goes in depth on the cultural
advances made even with such restraints. Much work has been done
on the issues of cultural injustice, but there are very little works done on
the triumph in Indigenous culture and just what those triumphs are. This
paper will discuss and examine social justice issues within the
indigenous community in the past as well as recent developments that are
currently going on that are determinants of the future.
Stand Up, Fight Back: Native American Struggles and Rising Up
American Indian Treaties and laws are only followed when they benefit
the government, meaning they don't apply any other time. Only certain
sections are deemed valuable, and the parts that could incriminate the
government are omitted. This paper discusses the content of American
Indian Laws and treaties and the crippling effects they have had on
Indian country. Furthermore, this paper goes in depth on the cultural
advances made even with such restraints. Much work has been done
on the issues of cultural injustice, but there are very little works done on
the triumph in Indigenous culture and just what those triumphs are. This
paper will discuss and examine social justice issues within the
indigenous community in the past as well as recent developments that are
currently going on that are determinants of the future.
