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Podcast: Native ChocTalk
Episode: S9, E2, Pt 1: Ghost Dances & Court Battles: Native Religion & the Law: Professor, Richard W. Garnett, Choctaw
Description: 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
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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
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From the Ghost Dance to peyote use in the Native American Church, and from religious Acts and the Constitution, we e...