Reporting on three hearings held this spring by the Bureau of Indian Affairs Reorganization Task Force, this article presents highlights from the testimony of Forrest Gerard, Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs and discusses the matrix system of organization currently under consideration by the BIA. (JC)

The central agency within the Federal Government for developing, testing, and operating various urban and rural programs to reduce poverty, the Community Service Administration is currently planning an "Indian Desk" which will include two permanent positions; will be located within the Program Development Office; and will be advised by…

It was the unequivocal intent on the part of both Indians and whites at the treaty-signing that the reservations were to be residential bases from which the Indians were to continue to utilize the total environment, including specifically all of their fishing locations, in order to maintain themselves. (Author)

The Western Shoshone traditionals have challenged the ruling of the Indian Claims Commission in an effort to reclaim 24 million acres of Nevada land originally promised to them by the Federal Government. (JC)

This article is a transcript of a radio interview conducted by Denise Freeland for "Kaleidoscope" at American University, Washington, D.C. The topic "Understanding Indian Treaties" is addressed by Kirke Kickingbird and Alex Skibine of the Institute for the Development of Indian Law. (RTS)

Reviewing the areas of tribal sovereignty, taxation, and natural resources, with holdings and implications of several important cases during the past year and an analysis of the broad trends which appear to be developing in these areas, this article then summarizes the trends in litigation and comments on the future conduct of Indian litigation.…

The Washington Report summarizes and classifies published documents of special interest to Indian people. It currently identifies, analyzes and tracks legislation, administrative agencies' regulations and supreme court decisions relating to Indian affairs. (Author/RTS)

Describing events and legislation leading up to the removal of the Cherokee Nation from its eastern homelands to Oklahoma, this article details the Federal Government's role in what is termed the "cultural genocide" of the Cherokee Nation. (JC)

Documenting the development and struggles of the Jena Band of American Indian Choctaws in Louisiana, this article describes the remarkable autonomy of these people in the face of governmental/racial discrimination. (JC)

Early treaties between the Federal Government and the Cheyenne did not deal with the economic factors which had brought about war and cultural conflict. (JC)

The U.S. State Department's Agency for International Development (AID) is spending more than $143 million this year for population control measures in over 70 nations around the world and it is estimated that as much as $10 million was spent in one year for surgical sterilization procedures. (JC)

The American Indian Policy Review Commission's Health Task Force identified the following deficiencies in Indian health care: inadequate policy; inadequate appropriations; inadequate delivery systems; lack of responsiveness on the part of state and local agencies toward Indians; lack of oversight and accountability at all levels of Indian Health…

The U.S. guest delegation to the International Conference on Discrimination Against Indigenous Populations issued a statement which asserted that the U.S. government is committed to the policy of self-determination under the recent Indian Self-Determination and Educational Assistance Act (P.L. 93-638). (JC)

Changes in government policy during the 1960s caused Canada's Indians to lose much of their special status as well as certain treaty and aboriginal rights. Article looks at past and present of Indian law, present status of the government-Indian relationship, and struggle of the Indians to achieve self-determination. (DS)