United States Government

Compares commonalities and differences of First Nation citizenship in Canada to that of Native American citizenship in the United States.

Primary purpose of the study is to assess the relationship between social disadvantage and infant mortality among American Indians in Montana.

Comments on the rapidly growing Native American population, which accompanied by urbanization, creates service delivery challenges.

Argues that contrary to accepted wisdom, there was a movement to resist the process of assimilation advocated by Harry J. W. Belvin and that this resistance began with the Choctaw youth movement.

Author examines the movement of and reorganization of the Indigenous nations in the Puget Sound region of the United States in response to land seizure by the settler colonial state. Considers how contemporary governing bodies use that displacement to argue against the communities’ petitions to have their tribal statuses legally recognized.

Political Science Thesis (M.A.)--McGill University, 1973.

Looks at political practice inside and outside the American context.

Findings of study indicate that financial challenges deserve further attention and more transition resources are required for students to achieve success.

Authors discuss different positions and policies on resource extraction from traditional Diné territories and how these have created and maintained poverty conditions on the Navajo Reservation in Utah.

Book review of: The Power of the Talking Stick by Sharon J. Ridgeway and Peter J. Jacques.

Contends that American Indian and Alaska Native communities require professional mental health services that do not yet exist. Chapter from Best Practices in Behavioral Health Services for American Indians and Alaska Natives edited by Elizabeth H. Hawkins, R. Dale Walker.

"This article shows that Ridge's Socrates articles provided a public venue in which to define relationships among the Cherokees, the states, and the federal government".

Introduction to the special issue on federal recognition for California Indigenous groups.

Uses findings based on the hearings and consultation sessions conducted on the No Child Left Behind Act to discuss the impact the Act has had on students and the institutions they attend.

Discusses the role played by American Dr. Thomas Jesse Jones, Educational Director at the Phelps-Stokes Fund, 1917-1944, and lobbyist in the formation and implementation of the administrative and education policies of the United States’ government as they related to Indigenous peoples.

Discusses the issues surrounding Indigenous peoples whose traditional territories straddle borders between the United States, Mexico and Canada.

Comments on the Dawes Act of 1877. Originally published in North American Review, February 1895.

Briefly discusses some of history of legislation relating to Native Americans and the role that tribal colleges and universities can play in educating not only students, but the larger community about Indian law.

History Thesis (Ph.D.)--Universtiy of Washington, 2016.

Examines traditional Native American healing and ceremonial psychoactive agents and how colonization has contributed to substance abuse.

Gives a brief history of the US Federal government's policy on affordable housing, the proliferation of low income housing units on reserves and how housing became a symbol of the government's commitment to self-determination.

Authors articulate the relationship between Indigenous resistance to state appropriation of lands and anti-Indigenous violence enacted by the public.

Contends that political science, of all the social sciences, has the best hope of resolving the dilemma of racism.

[Justice and Social Inquiry] Thesis (Ph.D.)--Arizona State University, 2006.

Book review of: Re-Creating the Circle by Stephen M. Sachs, Barbara Morris and edited by LaDonna Harris. Review located by scrolling to page 203.

Examines the fundamental role played by the Iroquois in the evolution of democracy in the USA and illustrates use of that knowledge by other countries.

Uses the writings of historical Hawaiian leaders to analyze how they embraced their blackness to challenge settler-colonial ideology that their perceived blackness made them unfit for sovereignty. Maoli literature used includes: Prince Alexander Liholiho, Samuel Kamakau, King Kalakaua, and Queen Lili‘uokalani.

Describes efforts to establish boundaries based on culture rather than the arbitrary borders between different jurisdictions.

Social Science Thesis (Ph.D.)--Syracuse University, 2005.

Argues that efforts to achieve progressive change in United States Aboriginal law and policy can be strengthened and promoted by increased participation at the United Nations.

John Collier and the Controversial Resignation of Indian Commissioner Charles Burke, 1921-1929 by Ginger R. Davis examines the federal Native American policy, and Burke's assimilationist policy and the end of his administration. Reclaiming the Feminine in the Chitimacha Creation Myth by Carlon Andre and Carole McAllister discusses ways in which French influence altered and disturbed Chitimacha of Louisiana's oral traditions.

Discussion of the health disparity among Aboriginal communities and American federal funding of health cases.

Provides background and potential resolution to struggles of the Anishinaabe of Wisconsin which emerged in 1910-1953 and have continued over rights and control their lands and resources.

Discusses the cultural and historical background of Pueblo Indians and U.S. relations, the reasons for the trip to Washington, and key aspects of Pueblo identity and ethnicity.

Discusses the railway coming to Indian territory in 1875 and the demise of five tribal organizations by 1906.

Looks at the changes within the "Five Civilized Tribes" black-Indigenous relations prior, during, and after the US Civil War.

Literary criticism article which examines Charlotte Perkins Gilman's “The Yellow Wallpaper.” Author performs a close reading of the text to examine the ways that Gilman engages with and criticizes America’s federal Indian policy.

Gives a brief history of Hawaii, explains how the United States deprived an independent people of their right to self-determination, and discusses why Hawaii was used as command headquarters by the United States Pacific military forces.

Examines the historical relationship between protected areas or national parks and Indigenous nations in Canada, New Zealand, Australia, and the United States. Argues that for successful reconciliation with Aboriginal peoples, protected areas must move past incorporating Indigeneity and into “an Indigenous-centered project of truth telling, acknowledging harm, and providing for justice.” Author makes three assertions: need for reconciliation, importance of difficult conversations, and the need for system-wide change.

Describes the authors experience of being relocated to San Francisco and the part he played in the fight against proverty and injustice.

Argues that the American Indian Movement (AIM) was a main factor in bringing rapid change and empowerment to many Aboriginal people and communities.