One was a horrible case called Oliphant v. Suquamish Indian Tribe which denied tribes the right to criminally prosecute non-Indians who commit… — Robert A. Williams, Jr Copy Share Image
Very much like African-Americans, the history of America is taking away resources, whether it's labor or whether it's land from one racial… — Robert A. Williams, Jr Copy Share Image
US law and international human rights law have radically diverged in the past years in terms of the recognition of indigenous people's… — Robert A. Williams, Jr Copy Share Image
What this ideology, what this myth about savagery did was really excuse America for the disappearance of the Indian. It wasn't our… — Robert A. Williams, Jr Copy Share Image
Until we start attacking the root of the historical problems of discrimination against Indians, and those Indians begin in these stereotypes, that… — Robert A. Williams, Jr Copy Share Image
Many of the situations that we've talked about whether it's the San Carlos, whether it's the Navajo fighting for their land rights… — Robert A. Williams, Jr Copy Share Image
In fact, George Washington had been an Indian fighter since the French and Indian War. And a lot of folks, particularly in… — Robert A. Williams, Jr Copy Share Image
African-Americans were dispossessed of the land by being brought over here in slave ships, whereas Indians were on the land and fought… — Robert A. Williams, Jr Copy Share Image
When Europeans came to the New World the first thing they said is, well, Indians don't appreciate property. They're savage. They're backwards.… — Robert A. Williams, Jr Copy Share Image
One of the prime backers of land bill was a Republican Congressman, a Paul Gosar. And when he was challenged by an… — Robert A. Williams, Jr Copy Share Image
The case of Johnson v. M'Intosh is exactly why Congress can pass legislation as it did with the Rio Tinto land mine… — Robert A. Williams, Jr Copy Share Image
Western civilization has been at war with tribalism for 3,000 years. And that war was brought to the New World by the… — Robert A. Williams, Jr Copy Share Image
Congress passed the 1887 General Allotment Act. And that act ended up dispossessing tribes of 90 million acres. That history of dispossession… — Robert A. Williams, Jr Copy Share Image
Very much like African-Americans, the history of America is taking away resources, whether it's labor or whether it's land from one racial group to… — Robert A. Williams, Jr Copy Share
Savagery was a word that Westerners used to, again, to consciously differentiate them from non-Westerners, to assert that superiority, that cultural superiority. It goes… — Robert A. Williams, Jr Copy Share
US law and international human rights law have radically diverged in the past years in terms of the recognition of indigenous people's rights. International… — Robert A. Williams, Jr Copy Share
In fact, George Washington had been an Indian fighter since the French and Indian War. And a lot of folks, particularly in the red… — Robert A. Williams, Jr Copy Share
What this ideology, what this myth about savagery did was really excuse America for the disappearance of the Indian. It wasn't our fault. They… — Robert A. Williams, Jr Copy Share
Today what we see is tribes moving into the 21st century and facing real 21st century problems of globalization, of multi-national, national resource development,… — Robert A. Williams, Jr Copy Share
What John Marshall says is that right of occupancy can be taken away by purchase, conquest or any other means. So the reason that… — Robert A. Williams, Jr Copy Share
Until we start attacking the root of the historical problems of discrimination against Indians, and those Indians begin in these stereotypes, that Indians are… — Robert A. Williams, Jr Copy Share
The Navajo, for example, regard their traditional lands as within the four sacred peaks. One of those sacred peaks is the San Francisco Peaks… — Robert A. Williams, Jr Copy Share
When Europeans came to the New World the first thing they said is, well, Indians don't appreciate property. They're savage. They're backwards. They're uncivilized.… — Robert A. Williams, Jr Copy Share
That Indians are lawless people, I would change that because it's probably the most harmful stereotype. — Robert A. Williams, Jr Copy Share
The case of Johnson v. M'Intosh is exactly why Congress can pass legislation as it did with the Rio Tinto land mine deal because… — Robert A. Williams, Jr Copy Share
Congress passed the 1887 General Allotment Act. And that act ended up dispossessing tribes of 90 million acres. That history of dispossession was also… — Robert A. Williams, Jr Copy Share
African-Americans were dispossessed of the land by being brought over here in slave ships, whereas Indians were on the land and fought literally wars… — Robert A. Williams, Jr Copy Share
In fact, Native American Rights Fund has a project called the Supreme Court Project. And quite frankly, it's focused on trying to keep cases… — Robert A. Williams, Jr Copy Share
