While the criminal reform bill, S.1722m, has great potential for straightening out the jurisdictional morass on Indian reservations, it is evading the more controversial issues. After describing past difficulties in determining criminal jurisdiction on tribal lands, this article discusses needed reforms and what is missing in the new law.…

Sees a 1987 Supreme Court decision allowing California tribes to continue operating high-stakes gambling operations as a milestone on the path to the Indian dream of community survival and collective political power. Contrasts this dream with the traditional American Dream of individual economic achievement. Contains 14 references. (SV)

Provides a conversation between Jim Shanley, president of Fort Peck Community College (FPCC) in Montana, and Ken Ryan, chair of FPCC's Native Studies Department. Discusses traditional concepts of leadership in prereservation Assiniboine life, the impact of religion on tribal leadership, men's and women's traditional leadership roles, nepotism, and…

Examines the background and content of the Rosebud Sioux Reservation Tribal Code of Education, focusing specifically on the relationship of the education code to the tribe and to the teacher education program at Sinte Gleska University. Discusses the Lakota language requirement and tribal curriculum, implementation considerations, teacher training…

This report is based upon a 1985-86 survey conducted by the Dull Knife Memorial College Indian Child Welfare Project. A series of workshops were conducted throughout Montana to acquaint providers of services for abused and neglected Indian children with the requirements of and issues associated with the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978.…

Excerpts of a discussion recorded at the "New Directions in Indian Purpose" symposium held in June 1986 in Chicago are given. The symposium's main thrust was the examination of the Declaration of Indian Purpose (1961) and how the declaration has been translated into the modern agendas of tribes. (JMM)

Discusses negative consequences of the Supreme Court's Oliphant decision and describes efforts by tribes to continue effective law enforcement on the reservations. Questions whether Indian tribes should adhere to a decision that erodes their sovereign powers. (DS)

The article analyzes the proposed Maine Settlement. It also looks at a viable alternative to the settlement based on the premise that Indian tribes can survive only as nations, not as state municipalities or United States landowners. (Author/SB)

Describes the state of confusion that exists among the Canadian government, society, and the Canadian Indian Community. Reviews the ongoing constitutional debate in Canada. Calls for better communication between the Canadian majority population and Canadian Indians. (CFR)

Reviews efforts by American Indian tribes during the previous 50 years to reacquire lands within reservation boundaries from non-Indian ownership. Describes efforts of the Rosebud Sioux, Muckleshoot, Umatilla, Navajo, Quinault, and Blackfeet tribes, as well as the Indian Land Working Group, an intertribal group promoting the exchange of…

Canadian Indians have developed policy statements based on the educational principles of parental responsibility and local control. Many social problems affecting Canadian Indians are attributed to ineffectual educational systems alien to Indian cultures. Topics discussed include traditional community education, repressive boarding and day school…

Focusing on the current policy, organization and direction of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, this edited interview addressed such issues as BIA reorganization, delivery systems, PL 93-638, Indian Water Rights, Senate Select Committee on Indian Affairs, PL 95-561 and Indian Education. (RTS)

This newspaper article describes an educational event held by Apache leaders in Arizona to help college students learn more about tribal water issues. The students were addressed by William Veeder, a veteran attorney defending Apache rights to the headwaters of the Salt River in state and federal courts. The article describes the lawyer's address,…

One of a series of scholarly books published each year in the field of American Indian economic development, this volume contains two articles regarding the development of American Indian energy resources. In the first article, Richard Nafziger traces the exploitation of American Indian tribes by energy corporations whose main goal is overall…

The decade of the 1970s witnessed major achievement by Native Americans in the area of self-determination of the structure and content of their education system. (Author)