Trust Arrangements between States and Indigenous Nations in the International Environment
Rudolph C. Rÿser, PhD
Volume 24, Number 1 (2024) 24 (1): 180-188
Keywords United Nations Trusteeship Council, Sovereignty, Micronesia, Greenland, Catalonia, Commission on Indian Trust Administration and Reform, Internally Colonized Peoples, Dr. Miguel Alfonso Martinez Final Report, Protection by the state, Emer de Vattel, Judicial Encirclement, intrusion of non-indigenous laws, trust compact frameworks
Abstract
This article was originally published in Vol. 12, No. 2, Winter 2014.
In this transcript of Dr. Rÿser’s remarks made before the US Department of the Interior’s Secretarial Commission on Indian Trust Administration and Reform, held in Seattle, Washington, on Feb 13, 2003, Dr. Rÿser examines historical and contemporary trust relationships between states and indigenous nations. He outlines the origins and evolution of these arrangements, emphasizing the imbalance of power and the often exploitative nature of such relationships.
Rudolph C. Rÿser, PhD
Published June 1, 2024
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