Tag: Native Americans

A Standing Bear from the Vault

A Standing Bear from the Vault

Published in 1928, this book is one of the first published about Indigenous people, written by an Indigenous person.  Princeton University Library’s copy is inscribed by the author, with a wonderful drawing of a standing bear.

Native American Rights, the Supreme Court, and Special Collections at Princeton University Library

Native American Rights, the Supreme Court, and Special Collections at Princeton University Library

In the Haaland case, the Supreme Court rejected a states’ right argument that would have gutted the ICWA, instead deciding by 7-2 that the Congress does have the constitutional authority to pass legislation to “secure the right of Indian parents to raise their families as they please; the right of Indian children to grow in their culture; and the right of Indian communities to resist fading into the twilight of history.”