286 Elections in Early America: Native Sovereignty

Ben Franklin's World

Liz Covart

History, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 20 October 2020

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Who is American democracy for and who could participate in early American democracy? Women and African Americans were often barred from voting in colonial and early republic elections. But what about Native Americans? Could Native Americans participate in early American democracy? Julie Reed, an Assistant Professor of History at the Pennsylvania State University, and Kathleen DuVal, the Bowman and Gordon Gray Distinguished Term Professor of History at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, join us to investigate how the sovereignty of native nations fits within the sovereignty of the United States and its democracy. Show Notes: https://www.benfranklinsworld.com/286 Complementary Episodes 🎧 Episode 037: Kathleen DuVal, Independence Lost 🎧 Episode 158: The Revolutionaries’ Army 🎧 Episode 162: Dunmore’s New World 🎧 Episode 163: The American Revolution in North America 🎧 Episode 223: Susan Sleeper-Smith, A Native American History of the Ohio River Valley & Great Lakes Region REQUEST A TOPIC 📨 Topic Request Form 📫 liz@benfranklinsworld.com WHEN YOU'RE READY 🗞️ BFW Gazette Newsletter 👩‍💻 Join the BFW Listener Community LISTEN 🎧 🍎 Apple Podcasts 💚 Spotify 🎶 Amazon Music 🛜 Pandora CONNECT 🦋 Liz on Bluesky 👩‍💻 Liz on LinkedIn 🛜 Liz’s Website SAY THANKS 💜 Leave a review on Apple Podcasts 💚 Leave a rating on Spotify Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Ben Franklin's world is a production of the
0:02.8	Omaha Institute. Hello and welcome to episode 286 of Ben Franklin's world. The podcast dedicated to
0:19.7	helping you learn more about how the people and events of our early American past have shaped
0:25.1	the present day world we live in.
0:27.4	And I'm your host, Liz Kovart.
0:30.4	Who is American Democracy for?
0:32.6	And who could participate in early American democracy?
0:36.3	Women and African Americans were often barred from voting in colonial and early
0:40.1	republic elections.
0:41.7	But what about Native Americans? Could Native Americans
0:44.8	participate in early American democracy? This is a sticky question because
0:50.4	many Native American peoples, then and now,
0:53.6	belong to sovereign Native nations.
0:56.2	So to answer our question about whether Native Americans
0:58.8	could participate in early American democracy,
1:01.6	we also need to explore how the sovereignty of Native nations
1:05.1	relates to and fits within the sovereignty of the United States.
1:09.7	Fortunately for us, we have two great and knowledgeable historians who can help us answer our sticky question,
1:16.0	Kathleen Duval and Julie Reed.
1:19.0	Kathleen Duval is the Bowman and Gordon Gray Distinguished term professor of History at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill.
1:25.6	And Julie Reed is a citizen of the Cherokee Nation and an assistant professor of history at the Pennsylvania State University.
1:33.0	Now, as we explore if and how Native Americans could participate in early American democracy,
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