United States Government

Discusses the history of First Nation relations in Canada and the United States and why they developed differently.

Reconstructs Mary Ann Battis's case and offers a hypothesis about her motivation for staying with foreign missionaries while her family was removed.

A draft of a letter (and additional editorial notes) written by Riel to President Ulysses S. Grant of the United Stated seeking his support in the pursuit of Métis rights and sovereignty in Canada. Entire issue on one pdf file, scroll to page 67.

The Canadian/American Pacific Salmon Treaty was signed in 1985 to split the Pacific salmon stocks between Canadian and American fisheries. However, the Lummi Tribe were guaranteed fifty percent of Pacific salmon stocks in Washington State from a 1974 Federal Court decision. This paper looks at the impact of the Pacific Salmon Treaty on the Lummi and their reaction to the agreement.

Examines controversial U.S. Supreme Court decisions that deprived Native American nations of their sovereignty.

Examines the uncertainty and inconsistencies in regards to federal Native American law in the United States.

Book review of 3 books:The 500 Years of Resistance Comic Book by Gord Hill. Morris as Elvis: Take a Chance on Life by Morris Bate, Jim Brown. Working With Wool: A Coast Salish Legacy and the Cowichan Sweater by Sylvia Olsen. Entire book review section on one pdf. To access this review, scroll to p. 134.

Book reviews of: Mapping the Americas: The Transnational Politics of Contemporary Native Culture by Shari M. Huhndorf Manifesting America: The Imperial Construction of U.S. National Space by Mark Rifkin Book reviews found by scrolling to page 837.

American Indian Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Arizona, 2014.

The introduction of western medicine to Native Americans during the 1804 Lewis and Clark Expedition and the implications for Native American health and policy in the United States.

In 2016, Indigenous groups and allies met at Standing Rock, North Dakota to protest the creation of the Dakota Access Pipeline. Using interviews from participants to discuss Indigenous social movements, rooted in spirituality and ceremony, that moves away from the stereotypical viewpoint of Indigenous victimry.

Presents a letter by Jack Waugh to John Ehrlichman in which three people are recommended as possible nominees to the Council on Indian Opportunity. This letter was declassified on March 14, 2003.

Provides a general overview of contemporary tribal America before describing the legal, political, and institutional contexts for mental health service delivery administered through the Indian Health Service.

Book review of Métis and the Medicine Line by Michel Hogue.

Book review of: Métis and the Medicine Line by Michael Hogue.

Using a rider added by Senator James Inhof to a transportation bill as a case study, the author analyzes the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) relationship with Indigenous people in the United States, and offers criticism on the EPA’s failure to respect tribal self-determination.

History Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Wisconsin, 1968.

Considers the influence of both federal administration and personal vision on the translated responses of tribal people who testified before the committee that investigated fraudulent land allotment at the White Earth Reservation at the turn of the century.

Examines the characteristics and implications of the Smith John case as an extended example of intercultural games.

Examines multiple narratives—historical and contemporary—relating to the river and discusses how those narratives in combination with the privileging of text-based have been used alternately to empower and disempower Indigenous communities and nations.

Suggests ways that can be used to maximize voter turnout and to heighten voter interests in issues in the political arena.

Sociology Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1994.

History of the Monacan people and their process of pursuing federal recognition as a distinct Nation.

An examination of the cultural differences in the interpretations of certain English words and how they affect tribal and federal government relations and communications.

Examines ways that federal assimilation policies were actualized in the cultivation and consumption of food at the boarding school and the how the newsletter helped the students keep their identities.

An examination of the some of the wrongs perpetrated against Indigenous citizens by government-sponsored research and medical programs and discussion of what needs to be done to rebuild trust.

Looks at the negotiation for sacred lands in South Dakota and Arizona as an example of the relationship between Native populations and the American government.

Chronicles in depth the legal and political evolution in the extension of voting rights for Native Americans.

Studies the monument in the Black Hills of South Dakota and the changes since 2004 when Gerald Baker became the facilities first Native American superintendent.

Discusses issues of government and sovereignty and the museum's way of questioning tradition concepts of citizenship.

Discusses the members' attitudes about rights and restrictions that resulted from the U.S. government's wardship of Native Americans. Special combined issue of Studies in American Indian Literatures and American Indian Quarterly. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 331.

The author works to recontextualize the life of Colonel George Laird Shoup illustrating his role and responsibility in the Sand Creek Massacre (November 29, 1864), an event which led to the deaths of 230 Cheyenne and Arapaho people.

A brief history of Native American Indian and United States relations; examines the similarities between the historical experiences of Native Americans and Palestinians; and discusses the movement to recover the objects and remains of their ancestors.

As tribal historic preservation officer for the federally unrecognized Brothertown Indian Nation, the author uses their own personal experience of attempting repatriation of a pipe under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act to discuss the process to prove connection, justify legal status according to federal criteria, and how their recognition status was exploited by the museum community.

Article lists the names of Dakota men and the sentences imposed on them by the United States government following the “Sioux Uprising of 1862.”

Discusses the naming system that was put in place by the United States government to establish aboriginal people for the privileges and advantages of American citizenship.

History Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2005.

History Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, Riverside, 2008.