Sovereignty
'A Solemn Judicial Farce, the Mere Mockery of a Trial': The Acquittal of Lieutenant Lowe, 1827
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kelly K. Chaves
Aboriginal History, vol. 31, 2007, pp. [122]-140
Description
Comments on the political, colonial and social environment leading up to the trial of a Lieutenant charged with murdering an Aboriginal man.
Sovereign Bones: New Native American Writing
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Amy Ware
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 20, no. 4, Winter, 2008, pp. 108-111
Description
Book review of: Sovereign Bones: New Native American Writing edited by Eric Gansworth.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access review, scroll to page 108.
Sovereign Graffiti on Haida Gwaii
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Hilary Morgan Leathem
Joseph Weiss
BC Studies, vol. 214, Summer, 2022, pp. 9-27
Description
Examines graffiti on a former military base on Haida Gwaii as a symbol of sovereignty and an expression of what it means to be from Haida Nation.
Sovereign States and the Changing Definition of the Indian Reservation
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Imre Sutton
Geographical Review, vol. 66, no. 3, July 1976, pp. 281-295
Description
Analysis of how reservations in USA were formerly held in trust by the Federal Government, however title has become progressively more complicated due to state and local jurisdiction.
Sovereignty and Nation-Building: The Development Challenge in Indian Country Today
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Stephen Cornell
Joseph P. Kalt
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 22, no. 3, Farming and Ranching in Reservation Economies, 1998, pp. 187-214
Description
Looks at the opportunity, afforded Native Americans, to rethink, restructure, and reorganize the political landscape. The authors see these opportunities as a way to reshape the future and nation build.
Sovereignty and Scholarship: Mohawk Self-Determination in Mainstream Schooling
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sharon Vegh Williams
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 52, no. 2, 2013, pp. 3-20
Description
"This study examined the nature of the cultural divide between mainstream teachers and the Mohawk community in a rural town".
Sovereignty and the Aboriginal Nations of Rupert’s Land
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kent McNeil
Manitoba History, no. 37, Spring/Summer, 1999, pp. 2-[?]
Description
Discusses Indigenous rights in the context of the integral relationship between history and law; and British claims to sovereignty within Rupert's Land (Rupertsland).
Sovereignty and the Structure of Dependency at Northern Ute
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Joseph G. Jorgensen
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 10, no. 2, 1986, pp. 75-94
Description
Studies the economic experiences of a energy resource rich Native American community and finds that President Reagan's New Federalism didn't have a positive impact.
Sovereignty, Good Governance and First Nations Human Resources: Capacity Challenges
Alternate Title
Research Paper (National Centre for First Nations Governance)
Research Paper for the National Centre for First Nations Governance
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Richard Missens
Description
Defines traits of good governance and identifies barriers to capacity development.
Sovereignty in Law: The Justiciability of Indigenous Sovereignty in Australia, the United States and Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Linda Popic
Indigenous Law Journal, vol. 4, no. 1, 2005, pp. 117-157
Description
Author compares the Australian High Court's unwillingness to accommodate claims of sovereignty or self-government with those of other common law countries, namely United States and Canada.
Sovereignty in the Blood: Cultural Resistance in the Characters of James Welch
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ron Gable
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 9, no. 2, Autumn, 1993, pp. 37-43
Description
Argues that sovereignty is the glue that binds communities together and that the characters in James Welch's novels respond to an Indigenous specific concept of sovereignty.
Sovereignty, Jurisdiction and Guiding Principles in Aboriginal Education in Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Eric Johnston
Diane Longboat
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 6, no. 1, 1986, pp. 173-179
Description
Political, legal, and historical reasons why First Nations wish to have control over their education.
Sovereignty, Liberty, and the Legal Order of the "Freemen" (Otipahemsu'uk): Towards a Constitutional Theory of Métis Self-Government
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Albert Peeling
Paul L. A. H. Chartrand
Saskatchewan Law Review, vol. 67, no. 1, 2004, pp. 339-357
Description
Exploring the origins of Métis rights of self-government in the context of s. 35, Constitution Act, 1982.
The Sovereignty of Transmotion in a State of Exception: Lessons from the Internment of 'Praying Indians' on Deer Island, Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1675-1676
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Deborah L. Madsen
Transmotion, vol. 1, no. 1, 2015, pp. 23-47
Description
Author uses the treatment of the Indigenous Christians by the colonial government during Metacom’s War (or King Phillip’s War) to contrast colonial and Indigenous understandings of sovereignty.
Sovereignty, Treaties and Trade in the Bkejwanong Territory
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
David T. McNabb
The Journal of Aboriginal Economic Development, vol. 3, no. 2, Fall, 2003, pp. 52-66
Description
Discusses the trading patterns and historical events which led to negotiations for various treaties among the French, English and various First Nations in pre-1867 Canada.
Sovereignty Unplugged: Wireless Technology and Self-Governance in the Navajo Nation
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Tara Tidwell Cullen
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 29, no. 2, Indigenous Peoples Bridging the Digital Divide, Summer, 2005
Description
Discusses the mostly successful integration of wireless technology into the Navajo Nation and the sharing of this success with other indigenous peoples around the world.
Speaking Sovereignty and Communicating Change: Rhetorical Sovereignty and the Inaugural Exhibits at the NMAI
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lisa King
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 35, no. 1, Winter, 2011, pp. 75-103
Description
Describes the concept of rhetorical sovereignty, and looks at the workings and complications of enacting rhetorical sovereignty using the three inaugural exhibits of the National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI).
Speaking Truth to Power III: Self-Government: Options and Opportunities, March 14 - 15, 2002
E-Books
Author/Creator
Stephen Cornell
Claire Marshall
Sophie Pierre
Edmond Wright
Jim Abram
Kent McNeil
Greg Poelzer
Jim Aldridge
Graham Allen
Tim Raybould
Allan Edzerza
Tom Molloy
Hamar Foster
Murray Rankin
Indian and Northern Affairs Canada
Description
Papers presented at a forum held under the auspices of the BC Treaty Commission and the Law Commission of Canada.
The State of the Native Nations: Conditions Under U.S. Policies of Self-Determination
Alternate Title
The State of the Native Nations: Conditions Under United States Policies of Self-Determination
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Ellen L. Lutz
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 31, no. 3, Reparations for Indigenous Peoples, Fall, 2007
Description
Book review of: The State of the Native Nations: Conditions Under U.S. Policies of Self-Determination by the Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development.
Stories of the Voiceless
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Aküm Longchari
Indigenous Affairs, no. 2, Militarization, 2001, pp. 8-13
Description
Describes the enduring conflict between the Indian state government and the Naga people in Nagalim, located in the northeast part of India.
To access this article scroll down to page 8.
The Strategic Power of Data: A Key Aspect of Sovereignty
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jennifer Lee Schultz
Stephanie Carroll Rainie
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 5, no. 4, The Dynamic Relationships Between Human Rights law and Indigenous Peoples, 2014, pp. 1-3
Description
Comments on the lack of data about Native American and Alaska Native populations and the importance of meaningful data to make informed decisions on policies and programs.