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Brackeen. Matthew L.M. Fletcher, ’97, is the Harry Burns Hutchins Collegiate Professor of Law at Michigan Law. He teaches and writes in the areas of federal Indian law, American Indian tribal law, Anishinaabe legal and political philosophy, constitutional law, federal courts, and legal ethics.
About. Matthew L.M. Fletcher, BA ’94, JD '97, is the Harry Burns Hutchins Collegiate Professor of Law and Professor of American Culture. He is an elected member of the American Law Institute, the American Philosophical Society, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
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Download image. Matthew L.M. Fletcher is the Harry Burns Hutchins Collegiate Professor of Law at the University of Michigan Law School. He teaches and writes in the areas of Federal Indian Law, American Indian Tribal Law, Anishinaabe legal and political philosophy, constitutional law, federal courts, and legal ethics.
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A boyhood dream to become a lawyer seemed almost out of reach for Matthew L.M. Fletcher, BA ’94/JD ’97, who grew up in Potawatomi and Ottawa Indian country in Southwest Michigan during the 1970s and ’80s. Those were hard-scrabble times, and many tribe members struggled to survive. “My family expected me to go to college, which was unusual for a lot...
Reflecting on his student days at Michigan, Fletcher recalls watching the Fab Five etch their names in basketball history at Crisler Arena and sitting in the bleachers at Michigan Stadium with his father and younger brother, rooting for the Wolverines. Yet even in the midst of 100,000 cheering Michigan fans, Fletcher felt like an outsider. “There w...
Fletcher’s sleuthing turned up some surprises about his ancestors who, it turns out, have attended U-M since the 1900s. U-M began officially recognizing Native American students in 1932 when the University established scholarships for “American Indians,” Williams says. The scholarship recipients were recommended to U-M by the U.S. Secretary of the ...
As he embarked on his career, Fletcher knew he wanted to have an immediate impact on individuals. A large portion of his scholarship and advocacy involved the defense of the Indian Child Welfare Act, a 1978 federal law enacted to address the disproportionate number of Native American children who were being removed from their families and placed in...
The dearth of scholarship about what Native Americans are doing in the 21st century often leads to misperceptions, according to Fletcher. “Lots of people think of Indians and Indigenous people as being part of the past rather than part of the present,” he says. “The notion of the vanishing Indian continues to be prevalent in our society, and I ofte...
20. Juli 2023 · MATTHEW L.M. FLETCHER. University of Michigan Law School: Harry Burns Hutchins Collegiate Professor University of Michigan College of Literature, Science, and the Arts: Professor of American Culture. 314 Hutchins Hall 625 S. State Street Ann Arbor, MI 48109.
Matthew L.M. Fletcher, BA '94, JD ’97, is the Harry Burns Hutchins Collegiate Professor of Law and Professor of American Culture. He is an elected member of the American Law Institute, the American Philosophical Society, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
