Indigenizing Equality


M. Alexander Pearl: Citizen of the Chickasaw Nation of Oklahoma. Associate Professor and Director of the Center for Water Law and Policy at Texas Tech University School of Law; J.D., University of California, Berkeley School of Law. Thank you to Texas Tech University School of Law for its support of this project. My colleague and friend, Kyle Velte, is a trailblazer for the LGBTQ community and I am forever indebted to her for educating me and for her heartfelt respect for tribal communities and sovereignty. I am also grateful to the AALS Section on Indian Nations and Indigenous Peoples for the opportunity to present an early version of this Article and for the thoughtful feedback we received. Finally, thank you to Amanda Kraynok for her prompt and detailed work on this Article.

Kyle Velte: Visiting Assistant Professor, Texas Tech University School of Law; LL.M., Harvard Law School; J.D., American University Washington College of Law. Thank you to Texas Tech University School of Law for its support of this project. Warm thanks to my co-author, Alex Pearl, for his unwavering commitment to tribal communities, including to LGBTQ tribal members, and for his patience, humor, and support. Thanks also to the AALS Section on Indian Nations and Indigenous Peoples for the opportunity to present an early version of this Article and for the thoughtful feedback we received.