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2019-09-25T19:57:23.000Z
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National Museum of the American Indian
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Video Title
A Promise Kept: 11 – Wilson Pipestem, Esq.
Description
Influential policy advocate, writer, curator, and 2014 recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom Suzan Shown Harjo (Cheyenne and Hodulgee Muscogee) is recognized for a lifetime of achievement in this symposium, “A Promise Kept: The Inspiring Life and Works of Suzan Shown Harjo.” A founding trustee of the National Museum of the American Indian, Harjo’s legacy of activism and artistic accomplishment continues to inspire Native Nations and people and influence U.S. policies about Native sovereignty and cultures. In this segment, Wilson Pipestem, Esq., Founding Partner, Pipestem Law, P.C., speaks on "Unmasking Native Personhood Beyond Sovereign Boundaries." Wilson Pipestem is a founder of Pipestem Law and Ietan Consulting, law and advocacy firms that protect the rights of tribal governments and American Indians. He represents and advises tribal governments on a range of issues from treaty rights to minerals production to gaming. Advocating before Congress and federal administrative agencies, Pipestem helps tribes reacquire lands lost as the result of misguided federal policies through both congressional enactment and administrative decision. In 2013, Wilson played a prominent role in the enactment of the Violence Against Women Act reauthorization that reaffirms the inherent sovereign rights of tribal courts to exercise criminal jurisdiction over all persons who commit domestic violence crimes against Native women. He is a citizen of the Cheyenne and Hodulgee Muscogee,activisim,Smithsonian,webcast,Otoe-Missouria Tribe,Osage,life achievement,symposium Headright Owner. The symposium was webcast and recorded in the National Museum of the American Indian Rasmuson Theater on September 20, 2019.
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22 min 31 sec
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