Indigenous sovereignty was the topic of discussion at the International Affairs Forum (IAF) talk on May 16, where the public listened to Matthew Fletcher, a Harry Burns Hutchins Collegiate Professor of Law at Michigan Law School, share his insight about the background of tribes in the region and their rights today.
Fletcher teaches and writes in the areas of federal Indian law, American Indian tribal law, Anishinaabe legal and political philosophy, constitutional law, federal courts, and legal ethics. He sits as the chief justice of the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians, the Poarch Band of Creek Indians, and the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians (GTB).
In addition, he sits as an appellate judge for the Cabazon Band of Mission Indians, the Colorado River Indian Tribes, the Hoopa Valley Tribe, the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe, the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe, the Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish (Gun Lake) Band of Pottawatomi Indians, the Nottawaseppi Huron Band of Potawatomi Indians, the Rincon Band of Luiseno Indians, the Santee Sioux Tribe of Nebraska, and the Tulalip Tribes.
