Policy

Looks at how Henry Standing Bear and Chauncey Yellow Robe capitalized on the historical presidential visit to the Pine Ridge reservation.

Looks at the history of mistreatment, the resulting destitution of communities, and rise in alcoholism and type II diabetes. Capstone Experience Manuscript--Commonwealth Honors College, 2011.

Educational Leadership Thesis (Ph.D.)--Northern Arizona University, 1997.

Analyzed data to determine the efficacy of tribal governments self-administering temporary assistance to needy families.

History Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Nebraska, 2009.

Reflects attitudes and policies of the time.

Very brief article discusses the protection of sites sacred to Indigenous people in the United States. Access through table of contents.

American Indian Studies Thesis (M.A.)--The University of Arizona, 2010.

Article discusses the actions and policies of the United States government during the Bush presidency. Argues that actions like renaming the "Custer Battlefield National Monument" the “Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument,” and policies that supported the resolution of land claims and increased sovereignty of Native Americans indicate a more moderate policy than previous administrations.

Examines the integration of community and public health practices and the Indian Health Service.

Discusses welfare reform and TANF (Temporary Assistance to Needy Families Program).

Comments on the Indian Relocation Act of 1956 and its impact.

Reports on the historical United States government policy towards Native Americans over the past 200 years. To access this article scroll down to page 16.

Discusses the following contributing elements that inspired some history departments to offer Native studies classes: the Meriam Report of 1928, the Indian Reform Movement of the 1920s and 1930s, the Indian claims research of the 1950s, and the political climate of the 1960s.

American Indian Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of California, Los Angeles, 2017.

A resource for teacher and supplement to Research Into Practice: An Overview of Reading Research for Washington State. Looks at facets of education influenced by parents and teachers not policymakers.

Education Thesis (Ed.D.)--Harvard University, 1987.

Looks at the behavioural health disparities experienced by American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) 15-24 year-olds compared with the overall United States Population of 15-24 year olds.

Argues that efforts to achieve progressive change in United States Aboriginal law and policy can be strengthened and promoted by increased participation at the United Nations.

Sam Kenoi’s “Coyote and the Whitemen”: Contact in and out of a Chiricahua Narrative by Anthony K. Webster examines specific narration by placing it within the context of received standards for a Coyote narrative. Language in Mari Sandoz’s Crazy Horse: Strange Man of the Oglalas by Kimberli Lee discusses the Indian perspectives used in Mari Sandoz’s work.

John Collier and the Controversial Resignation of Indian Commissioner Charles Burke, 1921-1929 by Ginger R. Davis examines the federal Native American policy, and Burke's assimilationist policy and the end of his administration. Reclaiming the Feminine in the Chitimacha Creation Myth by Carlon Andre and Carole McAllister discusses ways in which French influence altered and disturbed Chitimacha of Louisiana's oral traditions.

Looks at the Mental Health Services Act and challenges involved in getting funding for cultural intervention programming.

Looks at anit-Native sovereignty movements calling for the repeal of treaty and federal Indian laws. Joint issue with: Indigenous Studies Today Issue 1, Spring 2006.

Shows how the occupation paved the way for future Indian activism and changed government policies.

Book review of: Recognition Odysseys by Brian Klopotek.

Discussion of two types of reconciliation and the proposed model that Canada could offer.

Essay reviews: Battlefield and Classroom: An Autobiography by Richard Henry Pratt, edited by Robert M. Utley, and Assimilation's Agent: My Life as a Superintendent in the Indian Boarding School System by Edwin L. Chalcraft.

History Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Kentucky, 2000.

Discusses the railway coming to Indian territory in 1875 and the demise of five tribal organizations by 1906.

Tenth Anniversary Edition.

Compares Morgan's ideals of holistic education in the late 1900s, with educators' shift to vocational training in the early twentieth century.

Discusses historical cases of massacres, state-sponsored bounties, and mass deaths in government custody of Aboriginal people occurred.

Focuses on the motivations and experiences of those who chose to relocate to the Chicago area.

History Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Kansas, 2009.

Depicts U.S. Government policy betraying the Sioux people in the 1870s and 1880s.

[English?] Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Kentucky, 2001.

History of Consciousness Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, Santa Cruz, 2000.

Book Review of: Reimagining Indian Country by Nicolas Rosenthal.

Ethnic Studies Thesis (M.A.)--San Francisco State University, 2015.

Looks at data from the General Social Survey for the year 2006 to determine where Indians stand on issues of religion and politics as compared to other ethnic groups. Scroll down to access article.

Looks at the operation of the relocation program and problems faced by the American Indian trying to fit into mainstream society.

Discusses how U.S. federal Indian policy attempted to disrupt existing relationships, alliances and traditional ways of thinking. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p. 1.

Analyzes documents of the American Indian Movement and use of Wounded Knee as an association for abuses by the United States government on American Indian groups.

Looks at the philosophies, beliefs and work of Russell Means.

Case study describes political figures involved in the movement, their motivations, and how they created the templates used to implement the program.