White Earth Nation: Ratification of a Native Democratic Constitution Ute Indians were not living lightly

Indians were not living lightly on the land but were landscaping and manipulating their world in ways that we are only now beginning to understand

A political and military leader of mixed Seminole and African heritage

a downright foolish being

and culture faced by Ojibwe people of Child’s grandparents’ generation—a generation raised with traditional lifeways in that remote area

White Earth Nation: Ratification of a Native Democratic Constitution Ute Indians were not living lightlyThe White Earth Nation of Anishinaabeg Natives ratified a new constitution in 2009, the first indigenous democratic constitution, on a reservation in Minnesota. Many Native constitutions were written by the federal government, and with little knowledge of the people and cultures. The White Earth Nation set out to create a constitution that reflected its own culture. The resulting document provides a clear Native perspective on sovereignty, independent