We came extra early. Im just happy our daughter is sitting here patiently and excited to be travelling today. [ laughter ] oh, not excited now. See . That was bound to happen. [ laughter ] shell calm down. Peak times midmorning or afternoon. And as hectic as today is, sunday and monday are expected to be busier. Download the free wusa app. Live traffic updates on the go, traffic jams in our area and comhrp in we anywhere in the country. We have a flighttracker so you can check your loved ones planes. Hundreds of commuters and holiday travellers trapped underground. A metro train broke down on a busy stretch of the red line in the middle of the morning rush. Not so fun there. Transportation reporter pete munty live at the station to tell us what happened things smoothed out after 25 days of track work on the red line. Instead they got a big bus and big delays. Reporter cars near brooklyn pulled above ground by another train. Crowds of passengers offloading gear at rhode island avenue. J
His class is about one hour, 15 minutes. Mr. Smoak i guess we should go ahead and get started. Quick announcement, just so you are aware of where we are at, tuesday next week we will have the final quiz. I am sure you are happy about that. So please be ready for that at the beginning of class. Today, what i want to do is talk about the Indian Claims Commission as a means of continuing our discussion, the mid20th century, the Indian Claims Commission is something that is often not people dont spend a lot of time on. I think it is important. It certainly point out the link between the resources and land, the controlled resources and land and tribal sovereignty. It also illustrates very clearly the limitations on tribal sovereignty that the federal government puts in place, legislation that might seem to empower indian people, but also has real limitations on. And then we will spend time today talking about one particular claim, the most controversial one, it lasted half a century. That c
We will start with background information, talk about the Indian Claims Commission in general and claims process and how that worked and move into and indepth look at a particular claim. Lets go ahead. Claims commission signed into law come of it was not the first time that claims were made against the United States. They were first heard in 1831 by the Supreme Court. Other mechanisms existed in the u. S. For claims against the government, tribes are not the y groups seeking redress regress. Individual citizens did. 1855, claims followed a particular process, individual acts of congress. Before we Start Talking about those private hills, one thing to keep in mind, the idea of sovereign immunity. She United States and other subscribe to this doctrine, boiling it down, you do not get to sue the sovereign unless the sovereign says you do. You cannot sue the United States unless the United States gives you permission. That is the basis. Before 1855, individuals who had a claim against the
Professor, gregory smoak, talks about the founding of the commission and the modern repercussions of some decisions. His class is about one hour, 15 minutes. Mr. Smoak i guess we should go ahead and get started. Announcement, just so you are aware of where we are at, tuesday next week we will have the final quiz. I am sure you are happy about that. So please be ready for that at the beginning of class. Today what i want to do is talk about the Indian Claims Commission as a means of continuing our discussion, the mid20th century, the Indian Claims Commission is something that is often not people dont spend a lot of time on. I think it is important. It certainly points out the link between the resources and land, the control of resources and land and tribal sovereignty. It also illustrates very clearly the limitations on tribal sovereignty that the federal government puts in place, legislation that might seem to empower indian people, but also has real limitations on. And then we will sp
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