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Games of Silence: Indian Boarding Schools in Louise Erdrich's Novels

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Miriam Schacht
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 27, no. 2, Summer, 2015, pp. 62-79
Description
Discusses how Erdrich's approach to boarding schools is one of safe haven not the historical negative effects on Native communities. Suggests instructors supplement teaching so students get a complete picture of boarding school experiences.
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George Bush May Not Like Black People, But No One Gives a Dam about Indigenous Peoples: Visibility and Indianness after the Hurricanes

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
C. Richard King
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 32, no. 2, Special Issue: Indigenous Locations Post-Katrina: Beyond Invisibility and Disaster, 2008, pp. 35-42
Description
Looks at the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and the stark racial inequalities and class disparities in plain sight within the United States.
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Girls’ Literacy in the Progressive Era: Female and American Indian Identity at the Genoa Indian School

Alternate Title
Girls and Literacy in America: Historical Perspectives to the Present
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Amy M. Goodburn
Description
Looks at how educational and societal ideologies shaped girls' writing and its reception by examining content of students' essays. Chapter from Girls and Literacy in America: Historical Perspectives to the Present edited by Jane Greer.
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Government Law and Policy and the Indian Child Welfare Act

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Carrie E. Garrow
NYSBA Journal, March/April 2014, pp. 11-17
Description
Overview of laws and policies that led to the removal of Aboriginal children from their homes and the need for the ICWA (Indian Child Welfare Act), requirements and implementation in New York.
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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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Government-to-Government Negotiations: How the Timbisha Shoshone Got its Land Back

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Steven Haberfeld
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 24, no. 4, 2000, pp. 127-165
Description
Discussion of the 1933 removal of the Timbisha Shoshone from Death Valley and then the 1994 legal requirement of the Department of Interior to study the ancestral lands within and outside of Death Valley National Park with the purpose of identifying lands suitable for a reservation.
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Have We Failed With the Indian?

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Henry L. Dawes
Atlantic Monthly, vol. 84, 1899, pp. [280]-285
Description
Discusses government Indian policy.
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HCFA Ups Indian Health Service Payments

Alternate Title
Health Care Financing Administration Ups Indian Health Service Payments
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
H & HN: Hospitals & Health Networks, vol. 70, no. 13, May 7, 1996, p. 48
Description
Brief announcement of increase in funding to the Indian Health Service due to a change designed to bring reimbursements closer to the level of other health care providers.
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Health Issues and the Pala Indian Reservation, 1903-20

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Joel R. Hyer
Canadian Bulletin of Medical History, vol. 18, no. 1, Spring, 2001, pp. 67-84
Description
Contends that conditions were unsanitary and health professionals discourage local consultations with shamans for traditional treatments, both examples of broader reservation health trends of the times.
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History, Law, and Policy as a Foundation for Health Care Delivery for American Indian and Alaska Native Children

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Judith Thierry
George Brenneman
Everett Rhoades
Lance Chilton
Pediatric Clinics of North America, vol. 56, no. 6, Health Issues in Indigenous Children: An Evidence Based Approach for the General Pediatrician, December 2009, pp. 1539-1559
Description
Historical overview of treaty obligations and the link to health care.
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The History of Federal Indian Policies

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Robert J. Miller
Description
A short history of the policies between European countries, and later the United States government and tribal governments.
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History through a Native Lens

Alternate Title
Investing in Native Communities
E-Books
Author/Creator
Karina Walters
Description

Timeline of significant events, government policies, and resistance movements in the United States from 3000 BC through to 2020.

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Holistic System of Care: A Ten-Year Perspective

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ethan Nebelkopf
Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, vol. 43, no. 4, Growing Roots: Native American Evidence-Based Practices, October-December 2011, pp. 302-308
Description
Looks at the effectiveness of treatment, prevention and recovery programs at the Family & Child Guidance Clinic of the Native American Health Center located in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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Homeland Insecurity

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Kristina Nilson Allen
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 30, no. 3, Two Countries, One People, Fall, 2006
Description
Outlines some problems that residents of the community of Akwesasne have with border crossings, due to the U.S.-Canadian border intersecting their communal lands.
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Honoring Sovereignty: Aiding Tribal Efforts to Protect Native American Women from Domestic Violence

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rebecca A. Hart
M. Alexander Lowther
California Law Review, vol. 96, no. 1, February 2008, pp. 185-233
Description
Argues that despite the U.S. government's responsibility and statutory obligations, it has failed to adequately address the issue of domestic violence, and that in order curtail the problem, tribes must have the power to exercise more control.
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"How Cola" From Camp Funston: American Indians and the Great War

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Bonnie Lynn-Sherow
Susannah Ural Bruce
Kansas History, vol. 24, no. 2, Summer, 2001, pp. 85-97
Description
Discusses the military's policies with respect to Native American enlistees, as well as motivations for participating in the war effort and experiences during training and active service.
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How’d We Get Here From There?: American Indians and Aboriginal Peoples of Canada Health Policy

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Angela Mashford-Pringle
Pimatisiwin, vol. 9, no. 1, 2011, pp. 153-175
Description
Discusses the similar historical experiences and relationship with their respective governments of Indigenous peoples in Canada and the United States; the effects on their physical and mental health; and policies and legislation needed to improve their health.
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How Shall the Indians be Educated?

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
James H. Kyle
The North American Review, vol. 159, no. 455, October 1894, pp. 434-447
Description
Author criticizes the U.S. government's actions with respect to American Indians, but attributes it to "the inevitable law of the subjection of the inferior to the superior race". Argues that this means that they face "extermination or absorption into the civilized citizenship". Reflects attitudes and policies of the time.
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How Well are Indian Children Educated?

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Shailer Peterson
Description
Results of tests to assess the performance and progress of Indigenous students in various types of educational institutions.
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Humor and Resistance in Modern Native Nonfiction

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Steven Salaita
Alif, no. 31, The Other Americas, 2011, pp. 133-151
Description
Discusses Jim Northrup's Rez Road Follies, Thomas King's The Truth About Stories, and Paul Chaat Smith's Everything You Know About Indians is Wrong in terms of the techniques used to critique government actions in their respective countries.
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