- Define and discuss the principles of Rights of Nature, consent as related to land and education (Land as Pedagogy), and the concept of Kuuyum. How do these concepts and principles relate to the practices of settler colonialism and manifest destiny? How might these concepts help shape law, policy and relationships more favorably for Indigenous People in the Future?
- Discuss Indigenous issues related to the protection of sacred lands and environments in the context of international law. Make sure to include an analysis of the United Nations and in particular, the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in your answer. Also make sure to include a discussion of the various reasons why Indigenous people might choose to utilize the international arena rather than the laws and courts of their home countries.
- Define and discuss the concept of genocide and relate it to the experiences of California Indians under Spanish and US rule. Make sure to include in your answer a discussion on how the concept is used and understood internationally, relate it to the concepts of manifest destiny and the doctrine of discovery, contemporary issues and historical laws such as the Act for the Protection of California Indians. Include Examples from Miranda’s Bad Indians in your response.
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