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43 Mitchell Hamline L. Rev. 761 (2017)
Traditional Problems: How Tribal Same-Sex Marriage Bans Threaten Tribal Sovereignty

handle is hein.journals/wmitch43 and id is 777 raw text is: TRADITIONAL PROBLEMS: HOW TRIBAL SAME-SEX MARRIAGE BANS THREATEN TRIBAL SOVEREIGNTY Marcia Zugt I. INTRODUCTION......................................... 761 II. SAME-SEX MARRIAGE IN INDIAN COUNTRY ........ ........ 768 III. TRIBAL SOVEREIGNTY, TRADITION, AND UNFAIRNESS ........... 773 A. Interpreting Santa Clara Pueblo v. Martinez................... 774 B. The Cherokee Freedmen ................... ...... 777 IV. TRIBAL TRADITIONS AND FAIRNESS ..................... 783 A. Crow Dog and TribalJustice............................ 784 B. Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians v. Dollar General Corp ..................... ................ 787 1. Unsophisticated Tribal Courts .......................789 2. Traditions, Customs, and Bias........... .......792 C. The Indian Child Welfare Act.................... 795 V. THE FUTURE ........................................... 797 VI. CONCLUSION .......................................... 800 In another time he would have been honored. Instead he was murdered.' I. INTRODUCTION The above statement is from the PBS documentary Two Spirits, a film examining the life and tragic death of Fred Martinez, a sixteen- year-old Navajo Indian, born physically male, who identified as female.' The documentary explores the circumstances that led to t Associate Professor of Law, University of South Carolina, School of Law. 1. Two SPIRITS (PBS 2011), http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/films/two-spirits/; see also ICMN Staff, PBS Documentary Explores Navajo Belief in Four Genders, INDIAN COUNTRY TODAY MEDIA NETWORK (Nov. 5, 2013), http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2013/11 /05/pbs-documentary-explores-navajo-belief-four-genders-152094. 2. Two SPIRITS, supra note 1. 761

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