Legal Director @WaterIsLifeWPLC. Quechua New Yorker, #HumanRights Attorney. Walking between law & policy, “impossible” & possible. Se hace el camino al andar.
Nov 9, 2022 • 8 tweets • 5 min read
As an Indigenous attorney from the global South, I choose to wake up in the “iron cold” of Federal Indian Law and fight for basic human rights to apply to Indigenous Peoples. Even so, it’s crushing to hear #Brackeen as #GibsonDunn attempts to erode #ICWA and #TribalSovereignty.🧵
I’ve litigated #ICWA cases with @BenRundallEsq in AZ, and even in a state with 22 federally recognized Tribes, it was abundantly clear that courts aren’t competent to respect protections meant to remedy the historical wrongs of taking Indigenous children away from their families.