Policy
“Must Not Their Languages Be Savage and Barbarous Like Them?”: Philology, Indian Removal, and Race Science
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sean P. Harvey
Journal of the Early Republic, vol. 30, no. 4, Winter, 2010, pp. 505-532
Description
Looks at the linguistic precursor to biological essentialism, evidence of white philologists’ reliance on Native tutors and discusses why the federal government began moving toward assimilation.
National Indian Youth Council: Consideration of the United States Report and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
Articles » General
Author/Creator
National Indian Youth Council
Justice as Healing, vol. 19, no. 1, 2014, pp. 1-8
Description
Critical review of policy problems that have application beyond the United States border and comments on the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
National Tribal Priorities For Indian Education
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
National Congress of American Indians
National Indian Education Association
Description
Focuses on four areas: strengthening Tribal control; investing in cultural and language revitalization; hiring Native American staff and administrators, and promoting interagency coordination.
Native American Education between Assimilation and Self-Determination: Schooling in Tribal Communities in the State of Arizona
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Melanie Lahne
Trends in Bildung International, no. 17, July 2007, pp. 1-14
Description
Discusses the differences in processes and challenges faced by communities to find their own educational structure by examining four school types.
Native American Music from Wounded Knee to the Billboard Charts: A Document Based Exploration
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
TeachRock
Description
Lesson uses interviews with Pat Vegas and Redbone from the documentary Rumble: The Indians That Rocked the World as a jumping-off point to examine the U.S. government's efforts to control Native American culture by way of music.
Native American Youth in Transition: The Path from Adolescence to Adulthood in Two Native American Communities
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Kathleen Fox
Jody Becker-Green
Jaime Gault
David Simmons
Description
Study looks at services and supports available for Native American youth aged 16-24; barriers they face; tribal community strengths in accessing support; and impacts of federal, state and tribal policies have on services and support.
Native Americans and American Identities in the Early Republic
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Timothy Sweet
American Literary History, vol. 13, no. 3, Fall, 2001, pp. 592-602
Description
Book reviews of 4 books:
Native Americans and the Early Republic edited by Frederick E. Hoxie, Ronald Hoffman, Peter J. Albert.
The National Uncanny: Indian Ghosts and American Subjects by Renée Bergland.
The Insistence of the Indian: Race and Nationalism in Nineteenth-Century American Culture by Susan Scheckel.
Imagined Empires: Incas, Aztecs, and the New World of American Literature, 1771-1876 by Eric Wertheimer.
Native Family Law, Indian Child Welfare Act and Tribal Sovereignty
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Zia Akhtar
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 7, no. 2, [2012], pp. 130-147
Description
Article advocates that reservation children should be residing on reservation lands in order to maintain their Indian heritage.
Native Men, White Women, and Marriage in the Indian Service
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Cathleen D. Cahill
Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies, vol. 29, no. 2 & 3, 2008, pp. 106-145
Description
Discussion on intermarriages between whites and Native Americans and the role the federal government played, both bureaucratically and ideologically, in orchestrating them.
Native Narratives: The Representation of Native Americans in Public Broadcasting
Alternate Title
American Archive of Public Broadcasting
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Library of Congress
GBH Archiv
Sally Smith
Description
Looks at radio and television coverage of key events or issues in both non-Native American-produced and Native American-created programs found in the American Archive of Public Broadcasting collection. Divided into five sections: (Mis)Representations of Native Americans; Termination, Relocation, and Restoration; The American Indian Movement; Native Americans in Contemporary News Media; and Visual Sovereignty: Native-Created Public Media.
Native Women, Mean-Spirited Drugs, and Punishing Policies
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Luana Ross
Social Justice, vol. 31, no. 4, Native Women and State Violence, 2004, pp. 54-62
Description
Authors speaks about experiences with family members and drug abuse and looks at banishment as a form of punishment in the Lummi Nation tribal community.
A Necessary Evil: Framing an American Indian Legal Identity
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Dwanna L. Robertson
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 37, no. 4, 2013, pp. 115-139
Description
Comments on the vast complexity regarding the requirements of American Indians to prove racial heritage and why many cannot.
The Necessity of Jimmie Durham's Jokes
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Richard Shiff
Art Journal, vol. 51, no. 3, Fall, 1992, pp. 74-80
Description
Discusses the case of Jimmie Durham and the 1990 Indian Arts and Crafts Act that specified what can be represented as Indian art and who is eligible to produce these works.
The Need for Accountability and Reparation: 1830-1976 The United States Government's Role in the Promotion, Implementation, and Execution of the Crime of Genocide Against Native Americans
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Lindsay Glauner
DePaul Law Review, vol. 51, no. 3, Spring, 2002, pp. 911-962
Description
Discussion on the forced relocation and assimilation of American Indians and the government's responsibilities for those policies and actions.
New Deal Experimentation and the Political Economy of the Yankton Sioux, 1930-1934
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Teresa M. Houser
Great Plains Quarterly, vol. 31, no. 3, Summer, 2011, pp. 205-222
Description
Looks at the role of short term relief efforts that were put into place by the Roosevelt administration to help with lose experienced by rural Americans due to the Depression.
No Child Left Behind Act, Title III, Language Instruction for Limited English Proficient and Immigrant Students
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Trini Torres Carrion
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 45, no. 2, 2006, pp. 65-67
Description
Looks at the goal of the 2001 Act to assist schools in teaching English to students with limited English proficiency.