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26 CUNY L. Rev. 220 (2023)
No Settled Law on Settled Land: Legal Struggles for Native American Land and Sovereignty Rights

handle is hein.journals/nyclr26 and id is 359 raw text is: NO SETTLED LAW ON SETTLED LAND: LEGAL STRUGGLES FOR NATIVE AMERICAN LAND AND SOVEREIGNTY RIGHTS By: Laura Waldmant I. IN TR O D U C TIO N ................................................................... 221 II. THE ROOTS OF DISPOSSESSION....................................... 223 A. Resource Greed Drives Settlers' Theft of Native A m erican L and .................................................................. 223 B. An Ineffective Treaty Codifies Partial Sovereignty............. 226 C. Allotment Further Weakens Native American Control of Land................................................................................... 229 III. ROLE OF THE JUDICIARY................................................... 232 A. Cherokee Nation Has No Standing in Cherokee Nation v. Georgia.............................................................................. 232 B. The Federal Government Acts Contrary to the Ruling in Worcester v. Georgia......................................................... 233 C. Carving Out Sovereignty: Pueblo of Jemez v. United States.................................................................................. 237 IV. GAINING AND LOSING GROUND...................................... 241 A. The Sovereignty Case That Affirms Treaty Rights .............. 241 B. Undoing the Sovereignty Case in Castro-Huerta................ 246 C. The Environmental Stakes of Native American Sovereignty ........................................................................ 249 V. FRAMEWORKS FOR NATIVE AMERICAN SOVEREIGNTY ..................................................................... 252 A. Political Designation, a Necessary but Insufficient Protection .......................................................................... 252 B. Decolonization, a Framework in Formation....................... 256 VI. CONCLUSION........................................................................259 T Laura Waldman is a paralegal, mediator, and CUNY Law student. She thanks her su- perb editors, Salimah Khoja and Sulafa Grijalva, and the CUNY Law Review staff; her bril- liant and beloved professors at CUNY Law; and most of all, her loving family for their de- votion and encouragement. This article is dedicated to Indigenous environmental defenders worldwide. 220