8/31/23
Rebecca Nagle Joins the NYU-Yale American Indian Sovereignty Project
In August, Rebecca Nagle joined the NYU-Yale American Indian Sovereignty Project as a Research Fellow...
7/13/23
Supreme Court Upholds Indian Child Welfare Act, Citing Sovereignty Project Brief
In its recent decision, Haaland v. Brackeen, the United State Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of...
2/1/23
A New Process for Tracking Indian Law Cases
One component of the Sovereignty Project’s Native Amicus Briefing Project involves tracking Indian law cases in....
11/7/22
Maggie Blackhawk speaks to the New York Times about Brackeen v. Haaland
The issue is whether a federal law that seeks to place Native American foster children in Native American homes is...
10/3/22
Sovereignty Project Hosts Senator for Western Australia Patrick Dodson
On September 23, the NYU-Yale American Indian Sovereignty Project hosted Senator for Western Australia and...
10/3/22
Sovereignty Project Files Brief in Brackeen v. Haaland with the AHA and OA
In August, the NYU-Yale American Indian Sovereignty Project filed its fourth U.S. Supreme Court amicus brief in...
9/17/22
Maggie Blackhawk discusses federal Indian law cases on Chicago Law's Dissenting Opinions podcast
Will is joined by New York University law professor Maggie Blackhawk to discuss federal Indian law and cases...
9/9/22
4 SCOTUS Briefs, 48 Students, a Summer Institute, and More: the Sovereignty Project Concludes 1st Year
On September 1, the NYU-Yale American Indian Sovereignty Projected concluded its first year...
6/16/22
Sovereignty Project Clinical Fellow Amanda White Eagle Analyzes Denezpi v. United States in Slate
On Monday, the Supreme Court ruled in Denezpi v. United States that the Fifth Amendment’s double jeopardy...
6/13/22
Maggie Blackhawk discusses Oklahoma v. Castro Huerta on NPR
Should the state of Oklahoma have jurisdiction over non-Indians who commit crimes on reservations? That’s the...
5/27/22
Sovereignty Project Files Brief in Oklahoma v. Castro Huerta
In early April the NYU-Yale American Indian Sovereignty Project submitted its third amicus brief in Oklahoma v....
5/5/22
Sovereignty Project Partners with Tribal Constitutions Project
Starting in Fall 2021, the NYU-Yale American Indian Sovereignty Project began working with Northwestern...
3/7/22
Sovereignty Project Amicus Referenced During Oral Argument for Denezpi v. United States
On February 22, 2022, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in Denezpi v. United States and referenced...
2/11/22
American Indian Sovereignty Project Files Brief in Denezpi v. United States
On January 18, the NYU-Yale American Indian Sovereignty Project submitted an amicus brief in Denezpi...
2/3/22
American Indian Sovereignty Project Files Amicus Brief in Penobscot Nation v. Frey
Throughout the Fall 2021, the NYU-Yale American Indian Sovereignty Project has spent much of its first semester...
9/8/21
Sovereignty Project Hires Fellows and Program Coordinator
The recently established NYU-Yale American Indian Sovereignty Project has hired its initial team of fellows...
9/9/21
Rethinking Paradigms: Maggie Blackhawk challenges common wisdom in her interdisciplinary scholarship
Reexamining conventional assumptions about federalism, the Constitution, and American democracy, Maggie...
9/16/21
Joint NYU-Yale project addresses the impact of US colonialism on Indigenous communities
The American Indian Sovereignty Project, spearheaded by the NYU School of Law and the Yale University Faculty...
7/2/21
NYU Law and Yale University launch joint initiative on American Indian sovereignty
On July 2, NYU Law announced the establishment of the NYU-Yale American Indian Sovereignty Project, whose