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Robert Odawi Porter (Onöndowa’ga:’/Seneca) serves as a Visiting Professor in the American Indian and Indigenous Studies Program (AIISP) at Cornell University, bringing 30 years of advocacy for sovereign American Indian nations. Previously, he held tenured law professor positions at the University of Kansas, University of Iowa, and Syracuse University while serving as Attorney General and later President of the Seneca Nation of Indians.
His academic credentials include:
- Syracuse University
- Harvard Law School
Professor Porter's research centers on Indigenous Law and Tribal Sovereignty, with critical expertise in Treaty Rights, Federal Indian Law, and Native American Policy. His work directly addresses jurisdictional conflicts between tribal nations and federal/state governments, including landmark efforts to halt New York State's taxation of Seneca commerce, defend gaming and land rights, and secure passage of the Tribal General Welfare Exclusion Act of 2014 that ended IRS audits of tribal benefits.
No scientific awards were documented in the source material.
Current professional activities include legal representation and federal lobbying for Indigenous governments and Native-owned businesses through Odawi Law PLLC and Capitol Hill Policy Group LLC, though specific advising relationships and grant funding details remain undisclosed in available records.
