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Boxberger, Daniel L. – American Indian Quarterly, 1988
Explores the probable impact of the 1985 international Pacific Salmon Treaty on the Lummi tribe's catch of Fraser River salmon and economic well-being. Discusses the 1974 Boldt Decision, which allocated half of Washington State's salmon catch to treaty tribes, and contradictions in the federal government's conception of international treaties. (SV)
Descriptors: American Indians, Economic Impact, Federal Indian Relationship, Fisheries
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Clow, Richmond L. – American Indian Culture and Research Journal, 1991
Examines the complexities of the taxation issue in Indian affairs, both for American Indian reservations and adjacent local governments. Demonstrates the role of statutes and case law in the recurring struggle to balance tribal immunities guaranteed by the federal government with the expectations of non-Indian taxpayers. (SV)
Descriptors: American Indian History, American Indian Reservations, American Indians, Court Litigation
Wisecarver, Charmaine – Winds of Change, 1993
Larry Echo Hawk, Idaho attorney general and former state legislator, discusses success factors in college and law school; early experiences as an Indian lawyer; first election campaign; and his views on tribal sovereignty, state-tribal relationship, gambling, and his dual responsibility to the general public and Native American issues. (SV)
Descriptors: American Indians, Biographies, Educational Background, Higher Education
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Garner, Suzanne – WICAZO SA Review, 1993
Provides historical background on federal policies related to Indian family rights and child welfare and on legislation leading up to the Indian Child Welfare Act. Interprets the act with regard to jurisdiction and standards for child placement for foster care and adoption. Discusses federal funding of the act and monitoring of state compliance.…
Descriptors: Adoption, American Indians, Child Welfare, Federal Legislation
Sorensen, Barbara – Winds of Change, 2001
Following hearings concerning inadequate telephone access on American Indian lands, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) committed to promoting a government-to-government relationship with federally recognized tribes and consulting with them prior to implementing regulatory actions, and created financial assistance programs for telephone…
Descriptors: American Indians, Conferences, Federal Aid, Federal Indian Relationship
Pember, Mary Annette – Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, 2007
For American Indian scholars, securing a job in higher education can sometimes be as simple as checking a box. Most of the country's colleges and universities do not require proof of tribal enrollment from faculty or staff who identify themselves as American Indians. Students looking to receive financial aid, however, must submit proof that they…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Ethnic Groups, American Indians, Alaska Natives
Hobbs, Charles A.; And Others – American Indian Journal, 1978
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.…
Descriptors: American Indians, Court Litigation, Federal Government, Natural Resources
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Agnew, Kelly K. – OAH Magazine of History, 1987
Chronicles the feud between Ezekial Proctor and White Sut Beck, two members of the Cherokee nation in the nineteenth century. Shows how the tragic culmination of this disagreement was the result of jurisdictional disputes between the Cherokee Nation and the U.S. government. (AEM)
Descriptors: American Indian Reservations, American Indians, Federal Indian Relationship, Government Role
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Zah, Peterson – Integrated Education, 1983
Clarifies the Navajo Tribal Council's policy on Navajo control of education. Asserts that education of this tribe's children has been disastrous and discusses priorities for strengthening it. Emphasizes the necessary involvement of family, community, and tribal government in structuring Navajo education and determining its goals. (KH)
Descriptors: American Indian Education, Community Leaders, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
Long, Jack – Wassaja, The Indian Historian, 1980
Depicts the life of Donald Dupuis, part French and part Flathead Indian, from attending school on the reservation, leaving to join the navy and obtaining a degree, to returning to the reservation to be appointed tribal judge. Discusses his law training and the activities of his court. (AN)
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indians, Courts, Governance
Barsh, Russel Lawrence – American Indian Journal, 1980
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.…
Descriptors: American Indian Reservations, American Indians, Criminal Law, Federal Indian Relationship
Wilkins, David – Native Americas, 1997
Discusses the nature of the trust responsibility of the federal government toward American Indians and what primacy it has in the pyramid of federal values and decision making. Examines the contested origins of the federal trust doctrine, negative and positive aspects of the relationship, three kinds of trust responsibility, and the enforceability…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Definitions, Federal Government, Federal Indian Relationship
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Willard, William – WICAZO SA Review, 1988
Examines work of author D.H. Lawrence and John Collier, later Bureau of Indian Affairs Commissioner, during 1920s when they stayed as Mabel Dodge Luhan's guests in Taos, New Mexico. Examines their perceptions of Pueblo Indian culture, federal-Indian relationship, and Indian influences on Lawrence's and Collier's work. (TES)
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian History, American Indian Studies, Federal Indian Relationship
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Cornell, Stephen – American Indian Culture and Research Journal, 1987
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)
Descriptors: American Indians, Aspiration, Court Litigation, Essays
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Shanley, Jim; Ryan, Ken – Tribal College, 1993
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…
Descriptors: American Indians, Community Leaders, Cultural Background, Females
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