United States Government

Book review of: The National Council on Indian Opportunity by Thomas A. Britten.

Communication Thesis (M.A.)--Simon Fraser University, 1980.

Outlines key positions and legislation regarding Native education.

Looks at the history of federal government involvement in Native American education.

Book review of: Native Acts by Joanne Barker. Review located by scrolling to page 191.

Senator speaks about the need for an apology from U.S.government to tribal governments and native people nationwide for past mistreatment, and the difficulties involved in getting the bill passed. Duration: 22:21.

Commentary on how the United States Congress has taken steps legislatively to clarify and enhance Native American religious freedoms.

Presents a site that includes information on the Rogue River War and Siletz Reservation collection, published reports of the commissioner of Indian affairs, Allotment data, and California tribes.

Discusses how the concept of sovereignty, with its accompanying refusal to recognize the international border between Canada and the United States, has led to the illegal activities of groups, such as the Warrior Society, on the St. Regis reservation and the Kahnawake and Kanesatake reserves.

Document provides an understanding of the issues raised by the implemention of the NAGPRA and a reference tool for Canadian law reform.

Reprint of Public Law 101-601, which provides protection of Native American graves.

Argues that NAGPRA is unique in that it considers for the first time legislatively the Indigenous perspective; but unanswered is the problem of culturally unidentifiable ancient remains.

Search of EBSCO Host, JSTOR, and Web of Science for peer-reviewed social research articles published from 1990 to 2016 yielded 86 results.

Literature review discusses significant issues such as federal policies, historical influences, existing sources of data, and methodological problems in gathering information.

Discusses the recommendations and petitions accepted by delegates to the 1991 White House Conference on Library and Information Services. Focuses on those that dealt with data collection, the federal depository library program, and information technology.

Looks at two cases that deny religious protection, a right under the First Amendment, regarding ancient religious practices that predate the founding of the United States and the writing of its Constitution.

Interdisciplinary Studies Thesis (M.A.)--Oregon State University, 2006.

Environmental Education Thesis (M.Ed.)--University of Minnesota Duluth, 2013.

Article offers an analysis of data collected about the voting practices of Indigenous voters in two different elections in the United States. 674 Indigenous voters in 7 states were interviewed, findings indicate that while income and education levels play a role, Indian status is strongly related to whether an individual voted in these elections.

Book reviews of 4 books: Native Americans and the Early Republic edited by Frederick E. Hoxie, Ronald Hoffman, Peter J. Albert. The National Uncanny: Indian Ghosts and American Subjects by Renée Bergland. The Insistence of the Indian: Race and Nationalism in Nineteenth-Century American Culture by Susan Scheckel. Imagined Empires: Incas, Aztecs, and the New World of American Literature, 1771-1876 by Eric Wertheimer.

Examines the American Indigenous population's direct and indirect involvement in the US Civil War and its aftermath. The Confederate army courted Indigenous groups due to their tactical location and as a source for more troops.

Looks at how the powers of tribal governments have been diminished over time by acts of the United States federal government.

Contains links to: Medal of Honor recipients, Indians in World War II, Navajo code talkers bibliography, fact sheet and dictionary.

Arts Thesis (M.A.)--University of Montana, 2001.

Reviews the history of Native Americans and the fundamental issues being challenged in order to attain sovereignty.

Situates the decline of Indigenous languages within historical and colonial contexts; examines some of the barriers to modern language reclamation and revitalization; discusses different methods and programs for language learning.

Discusses federal and state laws regarding same sex marriage in the Cherokee and Navajo Nations.

Explains the significance of Alcatraz; including the fact that it was temporarily beyond the jurisdiction of authorities, it liberated the psyche of Aboriginal peoples, and it was an experiment in self-determination.

Examines a program that equips Aboriginal community members with the means to use technology to address Indigenous health care needs.

Republished form Trahant Reports, May 3, 2017

History Thesis (Ph.D.)-- University of California, Los Angeles, 2004.

Comments on the vast complexity regarding the requirements of American Indians to prove racial heritage and why many cannot.

Describes conflicts that center on the question of political control over geographical space among American Indians, non-Indians and the government.

Looks at the existing federal laws and negotiations of water rights.

Author considers the current status of the Potawatomi language, describes different efforts being made by both tribal and National authorities to revitalize the language, and examines the impacts of these projects.

Discusses an apology by Kevin Gover, on behalf of the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs, in regards to the policies and actions that had devastating impacts on Native American peoples.

Reviews the U.S. Government's initiatives in the area of self-determination legislation and the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) role with local tribes.

Book review of: The Nez Perces in the Indian Territory by J. Diane Pearson.

History Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Nevada, Los Vegas, 2016.

Article examines the role that was played in the formation of Indian Policy in the United States by the Women's National Indian Association (WNIA). Describes the influence of evangelical Christianity, the Protestant ethic, and Victorian ideals of womanhood in this organization.