Presentation to the NCAI Federal Task Force
November 5, 2021
De-Colonizing The Mindset All Indigenous Peoples have inherent rights—rights that exist regardless of stateor federal definitions. Unfortunately, America has consistently ignored sometribes while recognizing others. For centuries, the United States legal system hastreated Native Americans as inferior beings to those of European descent, andtherefore deserving of lesser rights. This degradation does not eliminate theinherent rights of Indigenous peoples; it merely means they have been ignored. A problem exists in the…