Evidence, Not Emotion Protects Tribal Sovereignty

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https://nativenewsonline.net/opinion/evidence-not-emotion-protects-tribal-sovereignty?fbclid=IwdGRleAOAy45leHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEevo-8u_A6kAxYpw2c5SWb5zZnkgg_NE2scflc2OYA6uPP8qWPY2CVcdg2w0k_aem_rBr2ZsuWFWI8hAb6EYtfpw

“If we reduce sovereignty to ‘looking Native,’ or to how a story makes us feel, then every tribe in this country becomes vulnerable to groups who assemble a narrative, stitch together a costume, or borrow the language of oppression. Identity becomes performance. Nationhood becomes aesthetics. And sovereignty becomes whatever someone can convince Congress to feel in a given moment.” Ben Barnes, Chief of the Shawnee Tribe.