Denniz Puzz, Jr. graduated from the University of Minnesota Law School and has since been dealing with Native American legal issues. He has been the Executive Director of his own tribe, Yurok Tribe, and has also worked with multiple other tribal clients. In his lecture on February 9 in the UC, he spoke of various issues that exist with Native American legalities, as well as highlighted the issue of tribe sovereignty. To begin his lecture, he gave a definition of tribe sovereignty, and he defined it as a tribe’s right to govern themselves. I liked that he started with a brief history lesson. Although, the history of the colonization of the United states is well known, I think it’s important to repeat it often so that people are constantly
