Brown-Pérez presents Yale lecture on Indian tribal recognition
Kathleen A. Brown-Pérez, chair of the Five College Native American Indian Studies Certificate Program and assistant professor in Commonwealth College, presented a lecture, “Who Gets to Decide? American Indian Recognition Struggles” on Nov. 11 to a Yale University undergraduate course on American Indian law and policy. The lecture was attended by several Yale law students and professors.
The U.S. Office of Federal Acknowledgement recently denied the Brothertown Indian Nation of Wisconsin federal recognition as an American Indian nation. Brown-Pérez, a Brothertown community leader who has helped organize the recognition efforts, discussed the historic tribal community’s struggle and the politics of federal Indian recognition.
In addition to the lecture, Brown-Pérez engaged in an open conversation with Yale history professor Ned Blackhawk at a Yale Law School luncheon, which was attended by law students, faculty, and Cedric Woods, director of the Institute for Northeast Native American Studies based at UMass Boston. Brown-Pérez later participated in an evening reception with the Yale American Indian Law Student Association.
November 12, 2009.
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