Native News Online: Rappahannock Tribal Constitution Recognizes the Rights of the Rappahannock River

Rappahannock River.

Native News Online reports on the Rappahannock Tribe’s ratification of its new tribal constitution - the first tribal constitution to enshrine the constitutional rights of nature.

Read the full article here.

CDER assisted the tribe with its constitutional provisions, which secure the constitutional rights of the Rappahannock River. Read our press release here.

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