Jim Thorpe, revered as one of many best athletes in American historical past, exemplifies how private needs and authorized rights can battle posthumously. Thorpe’s estranged third spouse, Patricia, moved his stays to a city in Pennsylvania, which now bears his identify, in a bid to create a vacationer attraction, a choice contested by his sons underneath the Native American Graves Safety and Repatriation Act of 1990.
David Lenok speaks with Alma Soongi Beck and Professor Jo Carillo in regards to the multifaceted authorized panorama surrounding estates involving Native People, specializing in Jim Thorpe’s controversial burial. They discover the nuanced problems with land rights, the Native American Graves Safety and Repatriation Act, and the rising curiosity in land again actions.
David, Alma, and Jo talk about:
- The authorized battles surrounding Jim Thorpe’s burial controversy and what it symbolizes for Indigenous rights;
- The affect and significance of the land again motion on conventional land possession;
- Widespread pitfalls encountered in property planning involving Indigenous lands;
- Latest traits in charitable giving and the way they help Indigenous communities;
- How tax legal guidelines have an effect on charitable giving to Indigenous organizations;
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About Our Friends:
Alma Soongi Beck is licensed as a specialist in property planning, belief, and probate regulation by the State Board of Authorized Specialization. Alma’s observe focuses on trusts, charitable planning, reward and property tax planning, and post-death administration together with belief administration and probate. She additionally affords consultations and seminars on the authorized and tax implications of home partnership, marriage, and property co-ownership for same-sex and single {couples}, in addition to on the evolution of parentage and gender in property planning. Alma additionally advises and presents Land Again to Indigenous Tribes for titleholders, Tribes, and Indigenous nonprofit organizations.
Jo Carrillo JD/JSD is a Professor of Legislation and School Director of the Indigenous Legislation Middle (ILC) at UC Legislation San Francisco (previously UC Hastings). For over three a long time, Carrillo has taught and written extensively in property and property-related topics, together with Federal Indian Legislation. Carrillo earned her BA from Stanford College, her JD from the College of New Mexico, and her JSD from Stanford Legislation College. She is a member of the Order of the Coif, the American Legislation Institute, and a former Trustee of the Legislation & Society Affiliation; she was a Visiting Scholar at The Middle for the Examine of Legislation & Society at UC Berkeley Legislation, and a Visiting Professor at Stanford Legislation College. As School Director of the UC Legislation Indigenous Legislation Middle, along with different tasks, Carrillo facilitates a seminar sequence known as Legislation & Seminars.
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