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Jim Diamond
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Law professor and board certified criminal trial specialist. Author of book about aftermath of mass shootings. https://law.yale.edu/james-d-diamond
Roy Hobbs: “Some mistakes we never stop paying for.” #robertredford #thenatural
September 18, 2025 at 12:58 AM
How #Native Homes in New Mexico Are Tapping the Sun #Indigenous #Tribes www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/c...
How Native Homes in New Mexico Are Tapping the Sun
www.nytimes.com
August 24, 2025 at 4:55 PM
The Black Muscogee Creek #Freedmen, descendants of slaves, prevailed in battle to recover #Tribal citizenship status, per the Tribal Supreme Court. The Treaty of 1866 and McGirt mandated this outcome. The Court issued a courageous decision. Read it here:
www.creeksupremecourt.com/wp-content/u...
August 3, 2025 at 5:26 PM
I will lead a panel discussion: “Maximizing #Indigenous Knowledge: Why Indigenous Co-Management of Natural Resources is Critical for The Planet,” w/Aja DeCoteau & Carleton Bowekaty @ #ClimateActionLive 6.26. 8:00 am EST. Program hosted by #PeaceOneDay

Register here: peaceoneday.org/Main/Events?...
June 25, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Despite binding treaties, centuries of legal precedent, Pres Trump tries to cancel landmark Columbia River agreement with NW #tribes, states. This was #restorativejustice in action www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
Trump cancels landmark Columbia River agreement with tribes, WA, OR
The Biden administration brokered the deal in 2023 that provided a pathway to dam removal on the Snake River.
www.seattletimes.com
June 18, 2025 at 11:49 PM
“Justice Souter was the Supreme Court’s greatest common law judge,” said @yalelawschool-yls.bsky.social Dean @heathergerken.bsky.social tinyurl.com/48brec2f
May 10, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Why was Emily Pike continually running away from the #AZ “group home” where she was placed? The case is a tragic reminder of the prevalence of #MMIW murdered and missing #Indigenous women and girls. #VAWA www.abc15.com/news/crime/m...
Mesa PD releases missing persons report for teen girl who was found dismembered
ABC15 has obtained the missing persons report through the Mesa Police Department in the case of 14-year-old Emily Pike, who was found dismembered near Globe.
www.abc15.com
March 22, 2025 at 4:20 PM
March 12, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Gerald Torres, Yale Law Professor discusses the environment, climate and #Indigenous people on the Green Hour podcast:

open.spotify.com/episode/4evl...
The Case for LandBack: Indigenous Stewardship & Sovereignty with Gerald Torres, Professor at Yale University
The Green Hour · Episode
open.spotify.com
February 21, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Some people ask me why I get involved in sensitive #NativeAmerican issues.. Why?

“We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor never the tormented.” —Eli Wiesel, Nobel winner, holocaust survivor at White House address, 4/12/99
February 8, 2025 at 3:42 PM
#LandBack Offers Common Ground for Native Tribes, Trump Administration, my column with Professor Gerald Torres and Aja DeCoteau in @newsweek.com. #Indigenous #Tribes #environment
#LandBack Offers Common Ground for Native Tribes, Trump Admin | Opinion
For Indian Tribes, there is great trepidation about the coming era.
www.newsweek.com
January 31, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Remembering the 26 victims of #SandyHook Elementary School #schoolshooting mass murders, where 20 school children and 6 adult teachers and administrators were tragically killed 12 years ago
December 14, 2024 at 5:01 PM
This year we are trying something different: bought a live Afghan pine tree to decorate inside as a #Christmas tree and then plant in the yard in spring. This way, smaller than the cut fir but an investment for the future and no senseless tree in a landfill. #sustainability #environment #climate
December 5, 2024 at 4:04 PM
My book, After The Bloodbath looks at the aftermath of the tragic #crimes of #massshooting and #schoolshooting rampages and compares them to #Indigenous approached to crime with an eye toward restorative and therapeutic justice. www.amazon.com/After-Bloodb...
December 5, 2024 at 1:53 PM