Committee and the and i can say they with spent a lot of time. His lip and persistence their culture and their dove naj before the ships arrived there is a lack on the grounds as well as other tribal leaders, resulting in the formation of the indian congressmentive commission and the dedication of the mantle in 2018. Chief amounts says to have numerous causes across the commonweal commonwealth. Thank you, elizabeth, for those kind words. Good afternoon. It is an honor to be here to to be part of this event. We started this about 15 or 18 months ago when we briefed each other on what moblts were for us to have such an event as this. And were fortunate to be able to have it in this special row indication today. Im going to give you a brief history. As the indians know, and know very well, the doctrine of discovery still very well alive in the United States. And in some case its is very well alive here in virginia. People continue to suffer, it came about from the kat welcome churn much t
We hear arguments number 18, roe against wade. Quite often our most famous decisions are the ones the court took that are quite unpopular. Lets go through a few cases that illustrate very dramatically have vielgsy what it means to live in society of 310 million different people who help stick together because they believe in a rule of law. Good evening and welcome to cspans new series landmark cases. Tonight and the next 11 weeks were going to be looking at cases that developing the development. Its also interesting because it all came about after two Founding Fathers who developed differing views how the country should be governed. We have guests to help us understand the story. A Yale University luprofoaw pro and hes the author of several books including americas constitution, a biography. To start were going to listen to the current chief justice talking about the importance of this case. And then after we hear his point of view well like to hear from both of you on why this case is
Reflected respective Indigenous People, their culture, and governments long before the ships arrive to jamestown. He brought the lack of a permanent memorial on virginia capitol grounds, as did other tribal leaders, to the attention of governor kane, resulting in the formation of the virginia Indian Commemorative commission, in 2018. Chief adams has generously dedicated himself to numerous to numerous himself to numerous causes and organizations across the commonwealth. It is an honor to introduce chief adams. [applause] chief adams thank you for the kind words. It is an honor to be here today to be a part of this event. We started this about 15, 18 months ago, when we briefed each other on what the possibilities were for us to have such an event as this. We are fortunate to have it in this special location today. I am going to give you a brief history of the tribe in virginia. As indians know well, the doctrine of discovery are still very well alive in the United States. In some cases
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