United States Government

Discusses the ongoing evolution of the Artic Council which formed in 1996 and includes Canada, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Russia, and the United States; notes that despite increasing capacity through funding and creation of a permanent secretariat, institutional powers remain limited.

Author argues that the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States doctrines contain no legal basis for regulating or eliminating the use of Indigenous symbols, images, or stereotypes as mascots or logos in sports and/or business.

Discusses the law passed in 1978 as result of actions initiated by the Devils Lake Sioux in collaboration with the Association on American Indian Affairs (AIAA); the objective was to reverse the trend of out-of-home placement, and in particular trans-racial placements.

Special Education, Rehabilitation, and School Psychology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Arizona, 2009.

Author highlights the ways that the United States’ Legal System has been used by the colonial state government to remove the land and rights of Indigenous peoples.

Discusses three recommendations for the next round of funding legislation: changing the population measure used for allocation, allowing more time for spending relief funds, and increasing flexibility in how funds may be used.

Book review of: Federal Fathers and Mothers by Cathleen D. Cahill. Review located by scrolling to page 175.

Looks at the impacts of law on crime victims and reasoning for tribal nations to have their own judicial system to deal with victims and offenders.

Examines the methods by which contemporary governments operate among several American Indian tribes.

Deloria responds to the article "Progressive-Era Bureaucrats and the Unity of Twentieth-Century Indian Policy" arguing that much of the Bureau of Indian Affairs' (BIA) policy is rooted in racism and in BIA employees’ desire to keep their jobs.

Looks at how the Indian self-determination policy is helping the federal government fulfill obligations to Native Americans.

Describes how this project, which included 6 dams, destroyed over 550 square miles of tribal land and displaced more than 900 Native American families.

Essay situates the #NoDAPL movement to stop the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL), within the historical context and the longer histories of Oceti Sakowin resistance against the trespass of settlers, dams, and pipelines across the Mni Sose, the Missouri River, and into Sioux territory.

History Thesis (M.A.)--California State University at Long Beach, 2005.

Response to the article "Robert L. Berner's "Howlers": A Reply”, which was written by Bruce E. Johansen and Donald A. Grinde and published in the American Indian Culture and Research Journal vol. 25 no. 1 at pages 117 to 120. This response article discusses why the author questions if the Iroquois example had any influence on how the early American government was structured or how it formulated its policies.

Describes the financial performance of the regional corporations from their 1973 beginnings through to 1990.

American Art History Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, Berkeley, 2012.

Public Policy Thesis (Ph.D)--University of Arkansas, 2008.

Argues that unilateral process of building the Dakota Access Pipeline is a violation of the modified 1868 treaty.

Reproduces the United States Army’s list of the Dakota and Mixed Blood prisoners held at Fort Snelling, in 1862-1863.

Demonstates how the novel incorporates Natives, soldiers, civilians, and the press into the political process of suppressing the culture and will of Native American people.

Social Sciences Thesis (M.A.)--Emporia State University, 2012.

Paper analyzes U.S. constitutional and legislative history to demonstrat that "tribal" Native Americans were purposefully excluded from citizenship.

Discusses the contentious issue of the termination of federal trust protection of American Indian reservation lands, including rifts formed between tribal communities.

Looks at the Tlingit socio-political structure in southeast Alaska and it's complex transformation encompassing over two centuries of European contact.

Examines Tlingit politics in Alaska and the link between Indigenous political systems and ecological factors.

Describes the mechanisms employed by the United States Government to gradually subdue Native tribes and nations.

Reports information gathered through the Indigenous Futures Survey launched in June 2020.

Discusses the wartime contributions of American Indians, including the shift from being scouts to part of the regular army.

History Thesis (M.A.)--Georgia Southern University, 2013.

Describes how there is sunshine everywhere, pride, perseverance, and a reawakening of an ancient culture which, the author contends, all came about due to the occupation of Alcatraz Island.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Arizona, 1964.

Uses examples from the United States to illustrate how economic gains associated gaming may actually lead to erosion of sovereignty.

Looks at successful gaming operations made possible by the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act and other agreements with state governments. The author argues that the Self-Determination Act can be used by Native Americans to gain control over some federal services.

Argues there is a need to improve the way data is collected to decrease health care disparities and better monitor programming. The article finds that only 42% of measures of health care quality and access tracked in the National Heathcare Disparities Report could be used to assess disparities among American Indians and Alaska Natives.

History Thesis (Ph.D.)--Marquette University, 1974.

Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--California State University, Chico, 2017.

History Thesis (M.A.)--University of Massachusetts, 1993.

Reveals a presidential administration that was determined to implement its own plan regardless of opposition voicing to humanitarian concerns or logical arguments.

Book review of: Getting Good Crops by Robert J. Bigart. Review located by scrolling to page 190.

[History] Thesis (M.A.)--Arizona State University, 2014.

Gives a history of the occupation of Alcatraz Island, with a vacant federal penitentiary, including how Native Americans claimed title to the island under the doctrine of “right of discovery”.

Examines the development and administration of guardian and trust relations between Tribal government and the United States government.

History Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Nebraska at Lincoln, 2000.

Discussion of the 1933 removal of the Timbisha Shoshone from Death Valley and then the 1994 legal requirement of the Department of Interior to study the ancestral lands within and outside of Death Valley National Park with the purpose of identifying lands suitable for a reservation.

Letter from the Govenor of South Dakota to Bill Bradley addressing and outlining reasons why the Sioux Nations Black Hills Act should not be put forward and passed.