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Podcast: Native ChocTalk
Episode: S9, E2, Pt 3: Ghost Dances & Court Battles: Native Religion & the Law: Professor, Richard W. Garnett, Choctaw
Description: PART 3
In this powerful 3-part episode, we dive into the tragic legacy of the Wounded Knee Massacre and its connection to the ongoing fight for Native American religious freedom.Â
My guest, law Professor, Richard Garnett - a Choctaw citizen and expert in religious freedom at Notre Dame - helps unpack what the law *actually* says about Native religious rights, sacred land use, and the balance between tribal sovereignty and U.S. legal systems.Â
From the Ghost Dance to peyote use in the Native American Church, and from religious Acts and the Constitution, we ex...