United States Government

Book review of: Broken Treaties by Jill St. Germain.

Examines the Miccosukees' struggle for self determination with the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) and the Department of the Interior.

Author describes the dual identities that artifacts hold: archaeologic subject and cultural object. Addresses how American archaeologists are forced by repatriation legislation to address these issues and to consult and collaborate with Indigenous peoples to bridge the gap between these perceptions of artifacts.

Policy report explores expanding role of Tribal Colleges and Universities serving local communities in five areas: pre-school, elementary and secondary education, health and nutrition, faculty role models, agriculture and natural resource management and preservation of culture and language.

Comments on the ways a small community gleaned more than money from New Deal programs.

Reviews the impact of reforms in the Educate America Act, 1994 on the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) schools.

Discusses negotiations between the United States Federal Government and Native Americans, with a focus on the repatriation process set in motion by the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA).

Describes the differing ways indigenous peoples were treated on both sides of the 49th parallel.

Explores the possibility of an Aboriginal Canadian Prime Minister after Barack Obama was elected President in the United States.

Explores and correlates the three roles of government mapping, academic mapping and tribal mapping.

Comments on the large number of individual government reports that contain useful maps depicting Native American lands. The article also points out that because no one has sorted, classified, or indexed the many maps that come before the Indian Claims Commission and the Federal Claims Court (formerly the Court of Claims), treaty translation and wording are made more difficult.

Political Science Thesis (M.A.)--Central European University, 2015.

Discusses the history of the American Indian women who initiated legislative changes to the Indian Child Welfare Act, and looks at recommendations to address the problems associated with the lack of compliance to current legislation across Canada and the United States.

American Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of New Mexico, 2011.

Humanities and Social Science Thesis (Ph.D.)--Nova Southeastern University, 2002.

Discusses four oil-and-gas development projects in the North Slope Borough and relationships between government, Native governments, and Native communities.

Looks at the history, politics and behavior of the Indian Claims Commission.

Describes use of collection of post-Independence treaty texts made between the Indian Nations and United States federal government. Provides research examples.

An examination of the negotiations to remove the Western Cherokee from their homeland in Arkansas through the 1828 Treaty of Washington to the area known as Lovely's Purchase. Lovely's Purchase was named after William Lovely who secured the land from the Osages for the Cherokee people to use as a hunting ground.

Ethnic Studies Thesis (M.A.)--Colorado State University, 2011.

Discusses child abuse in the United States in general, abuse on reservations, the federal government's obligations, and further steps needed to protect Native American children.

Chronicles important historical events between 1763 to 1999.

History Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, Berkeley, 2006.

Brief overview of government policies aimed at eradicating Native Americans, discussion of how schools fit into achieving these goals, and possibilities for achieving redress through litigation.

Commentary on a late 19th century U. S. government program designed to eradicate Native American culture and undercut tribal autonomy.

Compares the strategies used by the Cherokees and the Senecas and notes the similarities and differences.

Looks at relationships in New Mexico and Oklahoma using qualitative interviews with tribal leaders, quantitative data from survey of 150 Indian education directors, and secondary data on school district characteristics.

Recommends culturally appropriate definitions be developed and that government provides resources to implement data tracking and reporting systems.

History thesis (Ph.D) -- University of Nebraska, 2010.

Asserts that the Indian Health Service (IHS) should be the health system of choice for all American citizens, and recalls the many political events that has affected the BIA's budget and mandate.

Identifies some of the perverse Medicaid reforms and suggests strategies for overcoming them.

Paper presents a case study of critical issues in the use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) within the tribal government of one of ten demonstration projects selected.

Book reviews of: Compact, Contract, Covenant: Aboriginal Treaty-Making in Canada by J.R. Miller and The Power of Promises: Rethinking Indian Treaties in the Pacific Northwest edited by Alexandra Harmon.

Law Thesis (LLM)--University of Calgary, 2015.

Argues that the United States government did not properly compensate the Sioux Nation for taking $18 Billion worth of natural resources, negatively affecting future generations.

Looks at the Seneca Nation Settlement Act of 1990 that compensated for the failure of the United States federal government to carry out trust responsibilities and to protect interests.

Review of the Reports of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, 1855-58. Originally published in The North American Review, January, 1860.

Book review of Conflicted Mission by Linda M. Clemmons.

A discussion of Indigenous feminist politics and the relationship between Indigenous women and water using the Flint water crisis and NoDAPL action at Standing Rock to illustrate.