History of Native American settlements in the Lower Mississippi Valley and the impact of the Indian Removal Act of 1883 when discussed in relation to Native American assistance after Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
Social Semiotics, vol. 15, no. 1, Charged Crossings: Cultural Studies of Law, April 2005, pp. 59-80
Description
Discusses how past colonial laws have harmed Aboriginal peoples and offers alternative forms of justice to redress the effects of those policies and practices.
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American Indian Quarterly, vol. 29, no. 3/4, Special Issue: The National Museum of the American Indian, Summer - Autumn, 2005, pp. 496-504
Description
Author discusses their political concerns and the realities of attending the celebrations of the opening of the National Museum of the American Indian as a member of the Kanaka Maoli (Indigenous Hawaiian) independence movement.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 8, no. 4, Autumn, 1984, pp. 281-314
Description
Looks at the court transcripts of the White Earth Chippewa Reservation land allotment fraud cases. Anthropological Professors Albert Jenks and Ales Hrdlicka provided testimony regarding "mixed blooded" and "full Indians" status based on physical characteristics.
Journal of Small Business and Entrepreneurship, vol. 18, no. 2, Spring, 2005, pp. 153-170
Description
Looks at the freight moved by Native American entrepreneurs for government contractors, federal agencies, traders, the military and for private individuals.
Feminist Studies, vol. 31, no. 1, Spring, 2005, pp. 64-94
Description
Commentary on how the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) employed photography to represent social problems and the government's solutions to those problems.
History of Education Quarterly, vol. 45, no. 4, Winter, 2005, pp. 636-642
Description
Essay reviews: Battlefield and Classroom: An Autobiography by Richard Henry Pratt, edited by Robert M. Utley, and Assimilation's Agent: My Life as a Superintendent in the Indian Boarding School System by Edwin L. Chalcraft.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 29, no. 3, 2005, pp. 125-178
Description
Book review of:
Blood Struggle: The Rise of Modern Indian Nations by Charles Wilkinson.
Chinnubbie and the Owl: Muscogee (Creek) Stories, Orations and Traditions by Alexander Posey.
Choctaw Women in a Chaotic World: The Clash of Cultures in the Colonial Southeast by Michelene E. Pesantubbee.
A Colonial Complex: South Carolina’s Frontiers in the Era of the Yamasee War 1680–1730 by Steven J.
Arizonia Journal of International and Comparative Law, vol. 22, no. 53, 2005, pp. 53-64
Description
Discussion on the protection and respect of the rights of Indigenous peoples for the Inter-Commission on Human Rights and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights.
Anthropology & Education Quarterly, vol. 36, no. 1, Indigenous Epistemologies and Education: Self-Determination, Anthropology, and Human Rights, March 2005, pp. 73-87
Description
Examines the concept of self determination used in the Ramah Navajo community and gives a Navajo perspective on self-determination and education.
American Indian Law Review, vol. 12, no. 1, 1984, pp. 39-96
Description
Discusses the legal source and theoretical basis of the right of autonomy and whether this autonomy can be reconciled with the laws and institutions of the larger state.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 8, no. 1, Winter, 1984, pp. 1-35
Description
An analysis of the implementation of US federal aid policies and how their distribution created a larger economic divide for Indigenous citizens against non-Indigenous ones. Very little funds make it to the Indigenous people or were used to promote private-sector activities.
American Journal of Public Health, vol. 95, no. 5, May 2005, pp. 973-880
Description
Concludes that tuberculosis (TB) continues to be a significant health problem and requires vigilance and collaboration among states, the federal government and TB control programs.