Reflections on the Restatement of the Law of American Indians

• Main Author: Fletcher, Matthew L.M.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: University of Michigan Law School Scholarship Repository 2022
• Subjects: Restatement of the Law of American Indians; Anishinaabe; Potawatomi Nation; duty of protection; trust responsibility; Indian Law; trust relationship; legal obligation; Indigenous; Indian; and Aboriginal Law; Protector; anishina*
• Online Access: https://repository.law.umich.edu/articles/2748; https://digitalcommons.law.uw.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=5225&context=wlr

I’ve been asked to talk about and give some reflections about the Restatement project. And I’m going to start by telling a story about my family. I’m a descendant of a man named Leopold Pokagon. He is the namesake for which the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians here in Michigan is named. He’s a gre...