What Is Tribal Law?
Tribal Law is how an Indigenous nation governs its people, records and internal affairs. It is one of several legal systems that operate side by side.
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Articles on Tribal Law, Indigenous jurisdiction, ADRIP and UNDRIP, and the governance of the Xi-Amaru Republic, adapted from the Entry-Level Tribal Law Course.
What Is Inherent Sovereignty?
Inherent sovereignty is the authority to govern yourselves that exists because your people exists, not because another government allowed it.
Read the article →Where Do Rights Come From?
The Republic's teaching on rights runs in a clear order: Divine Authority, Universal Rights, Indigenous Rights, then Tribal Law.
Read the article →ADRIP and UNDRIP, Side by Side
Two declarations, one regional and one global, affirm the rights of Indigenous peoples. Here is how they compare, article by article.
Read the article →ADRIP Article XXI: The Right to Self-Government
Article XXI of the American Declaration affirms that Indigenous peoples govern their own internal and local affairs, and finance that governance.
Read the article →How an International Declaration Is Made
International institutions are not abstract forces. They are created and run by nations, and nations are made of people.
Read the article →Indigenous Misclassification in Public Records
Identity comes from belonging to a people. Records only reflect it, and sometimes they reflect it wrongly.
Read the article →Why Records Decide Jurisdiction
Belonging comes from the people. Recognition comes from the record. A nation needs both.
Read the article →What Is the Xi-Amaru Republic?
An Indigenous nation of the Americas, established December 17, 2022, rebuilding the governance that denationalization interrupted.
Read the article →The Role of the Aboriginal Ministry of Justice
The Republic governs. The Ministry administers. Both are needed for a nation to function.
Read the article →Who Are Xi-Amaru Native Americans?
Recognition as a Xi-Amaru Native American is the formal national relationship between a person and the Republic.
Read the article →Why Jurisdiction Decides Who Issues an ID
An ID card does not create a person. It shows which jurisdiction recognizes that person.
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