"... paper attempts to develop ideas around Indigenous resistance in the context of expressions of Indigenous cultural performance and cultural activities".
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 35, no. 1, Winter, 2011, pp. 75-103
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Describes the concept of rhetorical sovereignty, and looks at the workings and complications of enacting rhetorical sovereignty using the three inaugural exhibits of the National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI).
Arctic Review on Law and Politics, vol. 2, no. 1, 2011, pp. 52-76
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Describes efforts to establish comparable political representation in Russia. Discusses key initiatives and their origins, effects of activists' approach and certain functions of the original institutions.
Focuses on news coverage of religious and land issues to make the study more specific.
Honors paper towards undergraduate degree in Communication Journalism (B.A.)--Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman, 2011.
Concludes that land skills continue to be transmitted most often from older to younger generations through observation and apprenticeship in the environment.
Results from consultation talks by the Department of Education with Indian/Alaskan Natives in response to 2009 presidential memorandum. Concerns were expressed regarding funding shortages and fragmentation of the systems providing education.
Eagle Feather News, vol. 14, no. 1, January 2011, p. 6
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Discusses the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples finally being endorsed by the United States, and what it will mean to Canada and the rest of the world.
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Discussion on the injustice of the federal government's actions regarding Indian land rights and the class action lawsuit regarding the federal government’s failure to fulfill its fiduciary duty for assets held in trust by the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
Divided into themes covering the various areas of rights, each of which includes description of the rights, the articles of the Declaration that correlate, and examples that comply with its spirit and intent.
South Atlantic Quarterly, vol. 110, no. 2, Sovereignty, Indigeneity, and the Law, 2011, pp. 465-486
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Discusses expressions of sovereignty through the artwork of four contemporary Iroquois artists; G. Peter Jemison, Alan Michelson, Samuel Thomas, and Marie Watt.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 35, no. 3, 2011, pp. 91-118
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Discusses the legal and political fights for water in the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian community, and the Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation, and looks at the impact of water-rights in those communities.
Discusses discrepancies between what had been promised in the agreement and what was later published by the Canadian government, and the government's actions after it was signed. Focuses on education, fishing, hunting, mineral, forestry, and wild plant rights, assistance for agriculture, and self-government.
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 31, no. 2, 2011, pp. 133-153, 188
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Discusses the tensions between First Nations and environmental groups, who often unwittingly serve the interests of the State by undermining First Nations' sovereignty and self-determination.