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Life and the Law in Indian Country Lecture


The Leroy V. Good Library (Brighton Campus) will be hosting a lecture next Monday, September 26, 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm. Richard Monikowski, a faculty member in MCC’s Anthropology, History, Political Science, Sociology Department, will be speaking on “Life and the Law in Indian Country.” The lecture will be located on the 4th floor of the library, outside of room 2-452.

There remains a dearth of information examining the state of political affairs in “Indian Country” and between indigenous peoples and the federal and state governments.  This lecture is a brief introduction to the fact that Native nations – their lands, governments, and unique rights – are not anachronistic just because of their longevity in the Americas, but are the legitimate and ongoing expressions of the sovereign wills of distinctive peoples who desire to be the determiners of their own fates (although inexorably linked to those of their non-Indian neighbors).

Richard Monikowski, JD, PhD, is of mixed heritage: Polish and Mi’kmaq Indian (Canada).  For more than 20 years, Dr. Monikowski has worked as an attorney, historian, and educator specializing in federal Indian law and history, and environmental and natural resources law.  He has worked with a number of tribal governments in New York and the American Southwest as well as a variety of federal agencies, including as a legal and historical consultant for the Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Reclamation; and as a trial attorney for the US Department of Justice, Environment and Natural Resources Division.

Please join us for what promises to be a fascinating event. If you have any questions, please contact Lori Annesi, Reference/Special Collections Librarian <"mailto:lannesi@monroecc.edu">.

Lori Annesi
MCC Libraries
09/23/2011