STANFORD LAW — In a recently published Columbia Law Review article, We the (Native) People?: How Indigenous Peoples Debated the U.S. Constitution, co-authors Greg Ablavsky and Tanner Allread argue that Native Americans not only engaged in their own version of ratification debates, they contributed directly to concepts enshrined in the Constitution and should be rightfully recognized as co-creators of U.S. Constitutional law. Ablavsky, who holds a Ph.D. in history, is the Marion Rice Kirkwood Professor of Law at Stanford Law School and Allread, JD ’22, is a Ph.D. candidate in history at Stanford University and a member of the Choctaw Nation.