Indigenous Governance Database

Truth To Tell: Community Connections - White Earth Constitutional Forum Part II

Producer
KKWE/Niijii Radio
Year

In collaboration with production partner KKWE/Niijii Radio, TruthToTell and CivicMedia/Minnesota traveled west on August 14, 2013, to the White Earth Reservation to air/televise the seventh in our series of LIVE Community Connections forums on critical Minnesota issues. Convened at White Earth's Shooting Star Casino, panelists debated the meaning and impacts of a proposed new home rule constitution to be voted on by White Earth Nation citizens this fall, and fielded questions from members of the audience. This is a burning issue among members of the entire Minnesota Chippewa Tribe (MCT), whose current Constitution governs all Minnesota bands under its jurisdiction...

citizen education
citizen participation
citizenship criteria
community engagement
constitutional reform
constitutional reform committee
constitutional reform process
CRC
governance structure
governing system
Indian Reorganization Act (IRA)
Secretary of Interior
voting
Native Nations
White Earth Nation
Resource Type
TV, Radio and Film
Topics
Citizenship/Membership
Constitutions
Governance
Leadership
Citation

KKWE/Niijii Radio. "Truth To Tell: Community Connections - White Earth Constitutional Forum Part II." Truth ToTell and Civic Media Minnesota (hosts: Andy Driscoll and Michelle Alimoradi). KKWE/Niijii Radio. August 14, 2013. Forum. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qt8NZM8LdnU, accessed June 4, 2024)

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