Policy

Discusses how Southern legislators and administrators refused to acknowledge American Indians as a distinct society and lumped them with blacks as a method of cultural erasure.

American Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Hawai'i, 1999.

Describes the challenges faced by the Shawnees who attempted to take part in the agricultural initiatives offered by missionaries and the U. S. Government.

Political Science Thesis (Ph.D.)--Northern Arizona University, 2006.

Author discusses her experience in Federal prison and gives an overview of the U.S. criminal justice system and Federal Indian law.

Looks at the interaction between the United States government and aboriginals during the assimilation period, and the ways in which their employment was an important but short-lived component of United States Indian policy.

Comments on two papers that used indirect criticism of government policies and selective commentary to gather support for their tribes.

History Thesis (M.A.)--Kansas State University, 2012.

History Thesis (M.A.)--Texas Tech University, 1983.

Discusses officials' drive to integrate students into state run institutions in order to accelerate assimilation and civilization.

Book review of: Federal Fathers and Mothers by C. D. Cahill.

Book review of: Federal Fathers and Mothers by Cathleen D. Cahill.

Education Thesis (Ed.D.)--Indiana University, 1975.

Speaker discusses various methods used in efforts to transform children into "acceptable" citizens. Duration: 1:34:48.

[Language?]Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Alaska Fairbanks, 1998.

Book review of: The Fighting Cheyennes by George B. Grinnell.

[History] Thesis (Ph.D.)--Marquette University, 1980.

[Religion] Thesis (M.A.)--University of Georgia, 2009.

Response to the article "Robert L. Berner's "Howlers": A Reply”, which was written by Bruce E. Johansen and Donald A. Grinde and published in the American Indian Culture and Research Journal vol. 25 no. 1 at pages 117 to 120. This response article discusses why the author questions if the Iroquois example had any influence on how the early American government was structured or how it formulated its policies.

Analysis of the Indian Self-Determination Act (1975) concludes that achieving self-determination is seriously compromised by declining levels of funding in real terms.

Overview of the history and intent of the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 and the growing urban Indian population.

"Year ending June 30, 1911." Reflects attitudes and policies of the time.

Republished from Trahant Reports, January 28, 2017.

Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--The University of Montana, 2005.

Speaker discusses the program of preservation and conservation undertaken by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the New Deal era. Also features screening of newsreel, Timber and Totem Poles by the Forest Service. Duration: 45:34.

American Indian Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Arizona, 1994.

Book review of: Forced Federalism: Contemporary Challenges to Indigenous Nationhood by Jeff Corntassel and Richard C. Witmer.

Examines the National Reclamation Act and how many people in the Gila River and Casa Grande valleys, including government officials, thought that the first reclamation project would be built in Arizona.

Discusses the assimilation policies regarding child removal in the United States and Australia.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Arizona State University, 2002.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Purdue University, 1999.

Considers access to college in an ecological context that encompasses family, tribes, life on a rural reservation and previous educational experiences.

Curriculum and Instruction Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of North Texas, 1998.

Dated version of the history of school reflects attitude of the time.

Comparison of historical setting, policy, aboriginal rights, federal and provincial/state powers, and self-government.

History Thesis (M.A.)--University of Nebraska, 2009.

Looks at politics and practices of cross cultural communication by examining the historical and current status of American Indians as subjects and participants in the educational system.

Discusses the 'outing system' and the goal of removing native children from tribal influences.

Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--Hunter College, The City University of New York, 2017.

Contains report and plan of action needed to continue the reconciliation process and urges the Federal Government to use the process to rectify injustices and compensation for harm.

Comments on the Harry S. Truman administration reversing the approach of Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Looks at the massive adoption of Native American children by white families between the 1950s and 1970s.

Plan for promoting educational success of Native American students focuses on measuring the progress of relationships between government, tribes and schools districts and supporting a curriculum based on tribal history, culture and government.

Discusses deeper meaning of assimilation policies as factors of Indian schooling based on 3 perspectives; Protestant ideology, civilized versus savage paradigm, and land quest of whites.

Examines three perspectives that were factors in the campaign to assimilate aboriginal people through schooling: the Protestant ideology, the civilization-savagism paradigm, and the quest for land by Whites.

Looks at the plight of the Cherokee Nation during this period ending with their removal to Oklahoma.