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"The Father Tells Me So!" Wovoka: The Ghost Dance Prophet

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
L. G. Moses
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 9, no. 3, Prophets: Religious Leaders and Revitalization Movements, Summer, 1985, pp. 335-351
Description
Explores the Ghost Dance social and religious movement and its prophet Wovoka. The Ghost Dance was created during times of hardships for the American Indigenous people in hopes of a return to happier times.
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First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1879-'80

E-Books
Author/Creator
J. W. Powell
Description
Report includes the following papers: Report of the Director by J. W. Powell On the Evolution of Language by J. W. Powell Sketch of the Mythology of the North American Indians by J. W. Powell Wyandot Government: A Short Study of Tribal Society by J. W. Powell On Limitations to the Use of Some Anthropologic Data by J. W. Powell A Further Contribution to the Study of the Mortuary Customs of the North American Indians by Dr. H. C. Yarrow Studies in Central American Picture-Writing by Edward S.
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From Blood Feud to Jury System; The Metamorphosis of Cherokee Law from 1750 to 1840

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Michelle Daniel
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 11, no. 2, Spring, 1987, pp. 97-125
Description
Looks at the evolution of the Cherokee legal system, from traditional blood feuds to a traditional tribal court system. However, the signing of the New Echota Treaty in 1835 saw the return to blood feuds within the Cherokee Nation.
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From Mauka To Makai: The River of Justice Must Flow Freely

Alternate Title
From Mauka To Makai: The River of Justice Must Flow Freely: Report on the Reconciliation Process Between the Federal Government and the Native Hawaiians
Documents & Presentations
Description
Contains report and plan of action needed to continue the reconciliation process and urges the Federal Government to use the process to rectify injustices and compensation for harm.
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Government Reductionism and Academic Bias in Criminal Justice Research on American Indian Crime and Justice Issues

Alternate Title
Proceedings of the 2008 Western Social Science Association Meeting, American Indian Studies Section
Articles » General
Author/Creator
William G. Archambeault
Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 19, no. 3, Fall, 2008, p. [?]
Description
Discusses the changes that have taken place when the findings of the 2008 study are compared to those of the 2002 study on the academic biases and government policies toward American Indian criminal justice and criminology literature. Scroll down to access article.
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Hidden Transcripts in the Chippewa Treaty Rights Struggle: A Twice Told Story. Race, Resistance, and the Politics of Power

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Patty Loew
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 21, no. 4, Cultural Property in American Indian Literatures: Representation and Interpretation, Autumn, 1997, pp. 713-728
Description
Article presents two different narratives surrounding the treaty rights of the Chippewa people, the first is the perspective of the author, Chippewa band member and Journalist, Patty Loew. The second narrative is one that has been constructed through ethnohistorical research.
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IDA Treaties Explorer

Alternate Title
The Indigenous Digital Archive Treaties Explorer
Web Sites » Governmental
Author/Creator
National Archives Office
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
Indigenous Digital Archives Project
Description
Website contains links to 374 Ratified Indian Treaties signed in the United States and contextual documents, cessions, historical and present day tribes involved, and land transfers in specific locations.
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Immigration/Importation: Exemption of Indian Tribes: Akins v. Saxbe

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sharman E. Hughes
American Indian Law Review, vol. 3, no. 2, 1975, pp. 469-477
Description
Case involving eight individual members of the Micmac, Maliseet, Penobscot, and Passamaquoddy Indian tribes and the Indian Township Passamaquoddy Basket Cooperative, Inc. asking for a judgement on exemptions from customs duty goods brought from Canada to the United States for individual use, as well as the Cooperative. Judgement was also asked with respect to Canadian-born individuals being exempt from immigration laws requiring registration and visa requirements.
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Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties

Alternate Title
Kappler's Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Charles J. Kappler
Description
Historically significant seven volume compilation of U.S. treaties, laws and executive orders originally published in 1902-1904. Links to the text of original documents.
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Indian Lobbyists: Cherokee Opposition to the Allotment of Tribal Lands

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Tom Holm
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 5, no. 2, 1979, pp. 115-134
Description
An examination into the introduction of land allotments into Indian Territory and the efforts of Cherokee lobbyists to prevent its implementation in the late nineteenth century.
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Indian Record (Vol. XXVII, No. 6, June 1964)

Documents & Presentations
Description
"National publication for the Indians of Canada". Focus on Indigenous issues, events at residential schools and legal decisions. Previously published as Indian Missionary Record. Articles reflect the attitudes and polices of the time.
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Indian Reserved Water Rights

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Jill E. Martin
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 24, no. 4, Fall, 2000, pp. 660-662
Description
Book review of: Indian Reserved Water Rights by Jill E. Martin.
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The Indian System (October 1864)

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
H. B. Whipple
The North American Review, vol. 258, no. 4, Special Heritage Issue: The Indian Question, 1823-1973, Winter, 1973, pp. 34-39
Description
Review of the Indian Affairs Commission report for 1863 and History of the Sioux War by I.V.D. Heard. Originally published in The North American Review, October, 1864.
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Indian Treaties and the Survival of the Great Lakes

Alternate Title
Indigenous Law & Policy Center Occasional Paper Series
Indigenous Law and Policy Center Working Paper ; 2006-06
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Wenona T. Singel
Matthew L. M. Fletcher
Description
Proposes a preliminary strategy toward the end of preserving the Great Lakes for the next seven generations and beyond.
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Indian Treaty Rights: Sacred Entitlements or "Temporary Privileges?"

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
David E. Wilkins
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 20, no. 1, 1996, pp. 87-129
Description
Examines the 1896 law case Ward v. Race Horse which brought in new doctrines that constricted treaty rights, elevating State's rights above Federally sanctioned treaty rights.
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Interpreting Moments of American Indian Activism

Alternate Title
Curriculum Units by Fellows of the National Initiative ; 2016, Volume 1
Contemporary American Indian HIstory
[Yale Initiative National Seminars]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Travis Bouldin
Description

Discusses the American Indian Movement, the occupation of Alcatraz, Trail of Broken Treaties, the Nebraska Compaign, and Wounded Knee occupation. Designed specifically for Grade 8 students at Walker Jones Education in Washington, D.C.

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Judicial Decisions: Shoshone Indians v. United States

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Supreme Court of the United States
American Journal of International Law, vol. 39, no. 4, October 1945, pp. 818-839
Description
In 1945 the USSC (Supreme Court of the United States) considered the Treaty of 1835 and held Indian Treaties are to be interpreted according to their "tenor and intent" and not to be otherwise construed "to remedy alleged injustices."
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Kónitsąąíí gokíyaa Ndé: 'Big Water People's Homeland' a Shadow of Self-Determination in a Bifurcated Traditional Territory

Alternate Title
Strengthening Partnership Between States and Indigenous Peoples: Treaties, Agreements and Other Constructive Arrangements
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Margo Tamez
Description
Highlights Ndé concepts and perspectives of self-determination and decision-making with regard to children, mothers, fathers, families and communities. Presented at the 3rd United Nations Seminar on Treaties, Agreements and Other Constructive Arrangements entitled: "Strengthening Partnership Between Indigenous Peoples and States".
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The Kootenai War of '74

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ian Chambers
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 42, no. 1, Winter, 2018, pp. 43-86
Description
Looks at the circumstances which led to the Koontenai nation declaring war on the United States government in 1974, The tribe was federally recognized but had been given no land base nor received any monetary compensation.
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Lakota Efforts in the International Arena

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Richard Trink
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 4, no. 1, Spring, 1988, pp. 39-48
Description
Author reflects on the international legal standards regarding the 1868 Fort Laramie Treaty of Black Hills between the United States government and the Sioux Nation.
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