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And so rather than celebrating somebody like that, Indigenous Peoples Day has been implemented in order to recognize

the people who are actually here first, and Indigenous peoples across the Americas, their histories, cultures, and contributions.

And so rather than being colonial states as the United States, like 13 original colonies, given the American Revolution and its own constitution and its creation,

land secessions and enter into treaties with tribes.

So this is a, um, treaty making era with the tribes that only the United States federal government is able to.

So within the United States Constitution, there are three clauses that define the United States' legal relationship to American Indians.

Right.

And also during this period, um, well, well, later on when we have, um,

So this is the removal period and what a lot of people may have heard of.

And what brought about this federal act was a series of three foundational statutes within federal Indian policy dictated by Chief Justice John Marshall.

And what is notable in each one of these statutes, I believe particularly in Worcester v.

Georgia, although it seems that it was

supporting tribal sovereignty in that they were above state jurisdiction.

Yeah.

So the Removal Act happened after all of these statutes that you already had that supported federal Indian sovereignty.