The State of the Native Nations: Conditions Under United States Policies of Self-Determination
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Ellen L. Lutz
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 31, no. 3, Reparations for Indigenous Peoples, Fall, 2007
Description
Book review of: The State of the Native Nations: Conditions Under U.S. Policies of Self-Determination by the Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development.
Research Paper (National Centre for First Nations Governance)
Research Paper for the National Centre for First Nations Governance
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Shin Imai
Description
Focuses on three situations where Chief and Council exercise some authority: allocation of reserve land, law-making powers and elections, and analyzes how the Indian Act allows both too much and too little power in these areas.
Discusses attributes of successful programs and the institutions which administer them such as governance, involvement of householders, ability to enforce rules, availability of capital, inspections, and subsidies.
History of Education Quarterly, vol. 47, no. 2, May 2007, pp. 173-202
Description
Looks at how Native American education became a model for the educational system in the Philippines based on the belief that the United States could maintain control by altering lifestyles to more closely resemble that of Americans.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 20, no. 2, 2000, pp. 411-436
Description
Using the Sami people as an example, argues that political decolonization is important for realizing self-determination, reconnecting with culture, and becoming intellectually self-governing.
Indigenous Law Journal, vol. 6, no. 1, 2007, pp. 141-178
Description
Research article highlights how Section 35 cases on pre-contact rights and activities challenge the goal of protecting the inherent right to self-government of Aboriginal peoples.
Discusses how federal Indian law has developed in the United States from the arrival of Columbus through to the self-determination era of today, and looks at the future of the Indian tribes.
Guide to help communities gain economic strength and autonomy through private sector philanthropy by creating American Native controlled community foundations and endowments. Provides an overview of giving traditions.
Statement on behalf of the federal government including a snapshot of Canada in 1993: Constitutional changes, land claims, B.C. Treaty Commission, Nunavut, Council of Yukon Indians, self-government and Northern issues.