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
Having known Brian Gale for over 18 years I can tell you he is well educated with a degree in manufacturing engineering and then "The School of Hard Knocks."