The Law Library invites you to view and interact with our latest exhibition featuring the scholarship of two current students in the J.D. and the Indigenous Peoples Law & Policy (IPLP) program, Leo Killsback and Cheryl Redhorse Bennett.
Leo Killsback (Northern Cheyenne Nation), a current 1L, grew up in Busby, Montana on the Northern Cheyenne Reservation. After obtaining his doctoral degree in American Indian Studies from the University of Arizona, he worked as a professor of Native American Studies at Montana State University and American Indian Studies at Arizona State University. Leo is the author of a two-volume series A Sacred People: Indigenous Governance, Traditional Leadership and the Warriors of the Cheyenne Nation, and A Sovereign People: Indigenous Nationhood, Traditional Law and the Covenants of the Cheyenne Nation. In these award winning books, Leo conducted exhaustive research to reconstruct the Cheyenne world using a Cheyenne frame of understanding.
Cheryl Redhorse Bennett (Navajo Nation) from Kirtland, New Mexico, is also a current 1L law student in the J.D. program and IPLP program here at the College of Law. Cheryl holds a doctoral degree from the University of Arizona in American Indian Studies and previously worked as a professor of American Indian Studies at Arizona State University and Montana State University. Cheryl recently published the book Our Fight Has Just Begun: Hate Crimes and Justice in Native America. In this book, Cheryl examines and highlights racial violence committed against the Native community in the Four Corners region of the U.S. She draws on the historic racial dynamics of Farmington, New Mexico, and thoughtfully layers additional context from interviews with the local Navajo community.
These exhibits were curated by our Law Library Fellow Francesco Fasano, and are aimed at highlighting the impactful work done by both students and faculty in the IPLP program here at the University of Arizona.
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