I’m very honored to have received this prize for a paper on Choctaw constitutionalism that has defined much of my early career as a legal historian! And thanks for the photo @maggieblackhawk.bsky.social!

Washington Supreme Court Justice Mungia has an extraordinary opinion condemning "the underlying racism and prejudices that are woven into the very fabric" of SCOTUS opinions about Native people. "We must clearly, loudly, and unequivocally state that was wrong.” www.courts.wa.gov/opinions/pdf...

NEW: There are 574 federally recognized American Indian tribes in the United States, each with their own unique legal system. @milov-cordobam.bsky.social and Dan Lewerenz provide a brief overview of the tribal courts, law, and constitutions that shape governance for American Indian tribes.

IMO, if Indigenous nations are sovereign, then we are responsible for our mistakes. We cannot hold the United States accountable for the wrongs of history committed against us, but not take account for our wrong of chattel slavery. On the long path of repair, citizenship is only the first step.

This is huge!! A win for Freedmen and another step in the right direction for Native nations upholding treaty rights!

Couldn’t think of a better book on the constitutional history of the early American republic! The Interbellum Constitution (and really all of Alison’s work) is masterful scholarship!

So well deserved! Go read Sarah’s amazing scholarship on abolition and Black activism in New York!

This was a really fun panel!! And it was an honor to sit alongside and be in conversation with some of the best constitutional historians: Mary Sarah Bilder, @rachelshelden.bsky.social, @janemanners.bsky.social, & @jdmortenson.bsky.social. And thanks to @jgienapp.bsky.social for organizing this!

At a moment when the problems our world is facing feel insurmountable, I found a lot of inspiration in this. My friend and reporter Allison Herrera sat down with recently freed Leonard Peltier, one of the longest-serving political prisoners in the U.S.

Nice to have my work on tribal constitutions become directly relevant to my own tribe. Read what I had to say hear:

The Oklahoma Supreme Court (post-McGirt v. Oklahoma) has been making a mockery of law through its egregious and incoherent misapplication of fundamental Indian law principles. Yesterday, they did so once again re: income taxes: turtletalk.blog/wp-content/u...

Happy to share that my Note, “Transplanted Rights in the Choctaw Nation: Threats to Sovereignty and Potential Solutions,” has been published in the Texas Journal on Civil Liberties and Civil Rights! Link below if #LawSky #LawTwitter wants to check it out!

Someone want to help arrange this for me as a PhD graduation gift?? Have been wanting to do a long train trip for years!

I’ve been sitting on a paper. I’ve been reluctant to share this Elk v Wilkins piece because it was written almost entirely before the current birthright citizenship travesty. It’s coming out in Wash. U’s upcoming symposium volume.

Read the experts, @bethanyberger.bsky.social & Greg Ablavsky, on the accurate history of Native peoples and birthright citizenship 👇

I’m a former fellow, and highly recommend that people apply!

This fellow Choctaw scholar totally agrees 👇

Immigrants are not Indians. Full stop. Indian law re: Indians is not applicable to non-Indians.

I have an article forthcoming in the Michigan Law Review! And now it’s up on SSRN. Comments, suggestions, and criticism are welcome. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

This will be amazing!! RSVP now to hold your spot- 6 brilliant constitutional law and history scholars discussing how the stories we tell about the past shape our future. MCLE credit available. @acslaw.bsky.social @marthasjones.bsky.social @olatij.bsky.social @fpeterson.bsky.social

Very important article and 🧵 from @briandelay.bsky.social!

I’m thrilled to share that Native Nations has won the Bancroft Prize www.nytimes.com/2025/03/05/a...

Come join us if you’re in the Bay Area! It’s going to be a great event with an amazing lineup of federal judges, Indian law scholars, and practitioners!

Another court, another ruling against Trump’s efforts to overrule birthright citizenship. Still they are relying on a misreading of ELK V. Wilkins (1884). Here’s why Trump is so wrong: michaelleroyoberg.com/current-even...

PLSI is a life-changing program! I would not have the friends and Indian Law network I have today without it. Highly recommend that Native students prepping to go to law school in the fall apply!

SCOTUS just granted cert in Oklahoma Charter School Board v. Drummond, an appeal of a state court ruling barring OK from approving a Catholic school as a public charter school. Read Aaron Saiger's analysis of the OK ruling in @statecourtreport.bsky.social statecourtreport.org/our-work/ana...

Great thread from @evanbernick.bsky.social laying out the issues with both the DOJ’s reliance on Elk v. Wilkins and the reporting on Native birthright citizenship.

three step process for reporting about Native citizenship in connection with the unconstitutional birthright citizenship EO: 1. Stop. 2. Talk to a scholar of Indian law, preferably a Native scholar. 3. Write carefully.

“Reporters Talk To Indian Law Scholars About Indian Law Challenge Instead of Just Parroting Trump Lawyers and Flailing” Challenge, a continuing series until someone meets it www.yahoo.com/news/excludi...

Not to be that person, but I have written on this topic albeit on the topic of the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA), claims of race based discrimination, and the application of the 14th Amendment to American Indians. Considering history and tradition here 😬 papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Since it's website official now, I'm excited to announce that I'm a new Richard M. Milanovich Fellow in Law at UCLA Law! For the next 2 years, I will be working with the Native Nations Law & Policy Center while writing Native law and legal history scholarship. law.ucla.edu/faculty/facu...

🗃️ I've been thinking about the stupidity of that IHE piece for the last 24 hours so here is a 🧵 of 10 exceptional untenured scholars doing innovative & exciting work in pre-1900 U.S. history. 1. I can't wait to read John Bardes' forthcoming book: uncpress.org/book/9781469... 1/11

Ecstatic to finally have my article, “The Specter of Indian Removal,” in print! And if you haven’t read it yet, you can access it here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Important new paper from @tannerallread.bsky.social building a growing record against Castro-Huerta papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

It’s finally here!! My first solo-authored article, “The Specter of Indian Removal: The Persistence of State Supremacy Arguments in Federal Indian Law,” is out in Columbia Law Review! columbialawreview.org/content/the-...