Policy
USA'S National Missile Defence Threatens Greenlands's Exiles
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Aqqaluk Lynge
Indigenous Affairs, no. 2, Militarization, 2001, pp. 45-47
Description
Describes the upheaval suffered by Greenlanders when they were relocated to accommodate the United States military.
To access this article scroll down to page 45.
Victim Services: Promising Practices in Indian Country
Alternate Title
Victim Services: Promising Practices in Indian Country
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Sarah Deer
Joseph Flies-Away
Carrie Garrow
Elton Naswood
Diane Payne
Description
Discusses successful programs and practices used to enhance victims services in the United States.
The View From Eagle Butte: National Archives Field Branches and the Writing of American Indian History
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Frederick E. Hoxie
Journal of American History , vol. 76, no. 1, June 1989, pp. 172-180
Description
Author comments on his historical research into the impact of the 1908 statute on the Cheyenne River Sioux and an opportunity to examine everyday life of American Indian communities.
Virginia's Indian Nations: Policy Issues and Solutions for Future Generations
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Jeff J. Corntassel
Reeva G. Tilley
Virginia Issues & Answers, vol. 8, no. 2, Spring, 2002, pp. 16-[21]
Description
Looks at the history of American Indian policy in Virgina and future policy solutions to address sovereignty and protection of land.
Voices of American Indian Assimilation and Resistance: Helen Hunt Jackson, Sarah Winnemucca, and Victoria Howard. Siobhan Senier
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Edward Huffstetler
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 14, no. 2 & 3, Series 2, Summer/Fall, 2002, pp. 35-38
Description
Book review of: Voices of American Indian Assimilation and Resistance by Siobhan Senier.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
Voting and Indigenous Disappearance
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Andrea Smith
Settler Colonial Studies, vol. 3, no. 3-04, Settler Colonialism and Indigenous Alternatives in Global Context (2): Recuperating Binarism, Sept 13, 2013, pp. 352-368
Description
Author explores some of the reasons that Indigenous communities in the United States have historically had low voter turnout. Compares the difference in perception of enfranchisement between Indigenous and Black American communities.
The Voting Rights Act’s Pre-Clearance Provisions: The Experience of Native Americans in South Dakota
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jean Reith Schroedel
Joey Torres
Andrea Walters
Joseph Dietrich
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 41, no. 4, 2017, pp. 1-21
Description
Discusses case law pertaining to Section 5 of the Act, which prohibts practices which deny the right to vote as well as those that dilute the power of voters to elect representatives of their choice.
"We Were Very Afraid": The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Politics, Identity, and the Perception of Termination, 1971-2003
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jaakko Puisto
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 33, no. 2, 2009, pp. 45-66
Description
Study shows that the Salish and Kootenai tribal members have the perception that termination still exists despite its demise.
What Happened to Navajo Relocatees from Hopi Partition Lands in Pinon?
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Orit Tamir
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 23, no. 4, 1999, pp. 71-90
Description
Describes the experiences of Navajo relocatees in Pinon, Arizona, the largest forced relocation of American citizens in the United States since the World War II internment of people of Japanese ancestry.
What History Tells Us About the Diné Code Talkers
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Michael Skomba
TCNJ Journal of Student Scholarship, vol. XIII, April 2011, pp. 1-9
Description
Examines the forced integration and educational assimilation of the Navajo people which gave rise to the culture of the code talker program.
What is an Indian Family? The Indian Child Welfare Act and Renascence of Tribal Sovereignty
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Pauline Turner Strong
American Studies, vol. 46, no. 3-4, Indigeneity at the Crossroads of American Studies, Fall/Winter, 2005, pp. 205-231
Description
Looks at the Indian Children Welfare Act (ICWA), conceptions of the family, and a child's best interests.
Joint issue with: Indigenous Studies Today Issue 1, Spring 2006.
What We Don't Know Can Hurt Them: White Teachers, Indian Children
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Bobby Ann Starnes
The Phi Delta Kappan, vol. 87, no. 5, January 2006, pp. 384-392
Description
Looks at impact of cultural and historical misunderstandings and the effect on Native students. Provides recommendations.
When Tribal Sovereignty Challenges Democracy: American Indian Education and the Democratic Ideal
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
K. Tsianina Lomawaima
Teresa L. McCarty
American Educational Research Journal, vol. 39, no. 2, Education and Democracy, Summer, 2002, pp. 279-305
Description
Analyzes past policies and practices in American Indian Education by looking at what was meant to provide equatable education through standardization has marginalized Naive American people.
"When We Were First Paid": The Blackfoot Treaty, The Western Tribes, and the Creation of the Common Hunting Ground, 1855
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
William E. Farr
Great Plains Quarterly, vol. 21, no. 2, Spring, 2001, pp. 131-154
Description
Looks at the American federal governments "new" reservation policy designed with the goal of creating order on the Great Plains.
Where We Have Been: A History of Native American Higher Education
Articles » General
Author/Creator
George S. McClellan
Mary Jo Tippeconnic Fox
Shelly C. Lowe
New Directions for Student Services, no. 109, Spring, 2005, pp. 7-15
Description
Overview of three eras in post-secondary education: colonial, federal and self-determination.
White Man's Law and the American Indian Family in the Assimilation Era
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Linda J. Lacey
Arkansas Law Review, vol. 40, no. 2, 1986, pp. 327-379
Description
Compares and contrasts the social and mores existing in American Indian societies of the nineteenth century with those of the Anglo-Europeans. The article also discusses the effects of assimilation and post-assimilation policies on those social structures.
White Nationalism and Native Cultures
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
David C. Stineback
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 2, no. 1, 1977, pp. 19-22
Description
Looks at the convoluted logic used by New England Puritans to justify their treatment of the Indigenous people and similar threads that ran through American governments' developing policies.
Who Are Indigenes: A Comparative Study of Canadian and American Practices
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Bruce Granville Miller
American Behavioral Scientist, vol. 50, no. 4, Indigenous Peoples: Canadian and U.S. Perspectives, d 2006, pp. 462-477
Description
Looks at policies regarding unrecognized Aboriginal communities and how they are assessed for recognition.
Who Should Make Child Protection Decisions for the Native Community?
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Philip Zylberberg
Windsor Yearbook of Access to Justice , vol. 11, 1991, pp. 74-106
Description
Discusses model used in the United States which depends on American Indian tribunals and protection agencies to made decisions and looks at supporting legislation as well.
Working Out Their Own Salvation: The Allotment of Land in Severalty and the Turtle Mountain Chippewa Band, 1870-1920
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Gregory S. Camp
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 14, no. 2, 1990, pp. 19-38
Description
Chronicles the effects of government policy, which resulted in the relocation of members of the Chippewa Band to as far away as South Dakota and Montana.