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Midwest Today: Gambling on a New Life
This 1995 article, from "Midwest Today" focuses on the fact that gambling in Indian reservation is not always a "plus" for the community. The article is an extensive one, covering many of the issues of enforcement and sovereignty which...
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Seattle Times: A Resource Divided
This article tells about the 1971 Supreme Court ruling in which Native Americans were able to keep fishing rights promised in earlier treaties.
National Institutes of Health
National Library of Medicine: Native Voices: Concepts of Health and Illness
Exhibition on the healing practices and traditions of Native Americans from 100,000 years ago up to the present day. Information is organized by theme and by historical time period, and many well known Native American figures are profiled.
Arizona State University
Jaie: Counseling the Indian
This paper from Journal of American Indian Education describes the plight of the 1965 American Indian and addresses the difficulty of living in a bicultural society.
Arizona State University
Jaie: American Indians Out of School
This well-developed article from Journal of American Indian Education describes the high Native American dropout rates and attributes the cause to the conflict between the school and home cultures.
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Narf: Individual Indian Money (Iim) Accounts: Cobell v. Salazar
Site provides a fact sheet for Individual Indian Money (IIM) account holders. There are also answers to questions commonly asked by Individual Indian Trust beneficiaries.
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Indian Law Resource Center
This site provides legal aid to indigenous peoples and has links to Native American issues as well as indigenous peoples in other countries.
Michigan State University
Michigan State University: Msu Libraries: Digital Collections: American Indian Movement
A document on native people's movements can be downloaded here. It contains a National Alliance for Red Power (NARP) newsletter from June/July 1969, that was published in Vancouver, British Columbia. This is followed by materials from...
Curated OER
National Park Service: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act
Site explains the federal law that was passed in 1990 that protects Native American cultural items: the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act(NAGPRA). The site answers FAQ on the NAGPRA and keeps online databases of...
PBS
Pbs: "Kill the Indian and Save the Man": Native American Representation
Learn about the impact of US government policies of assimilation, relocation, and urbanization on Native American identity and culture in this series of videos from the American Masters film Words from a Bear: N. Scott Momaday. Years...
Cynthia J. O'Hora
Mrs. O's House: Native American Project Based Learning
In a scenario that has the school receiving a technology grant, the school must create a presentation, using online resources, that feature something that has been an issue for Native Americans.
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Arnet: A History of the Bureau of Indian Affairs
This site contains a general overview of the BIA's impact on Native Americans in the 1900s.
Northern Arizona University
Overview of Federal Indian Policy [Pdf]
Since the United States became a nation, federal Indian policy has seen many significant changes. Some of the shifts in policy may, at first glance, seem rather contradictory. However, when considering the underlying assumptions and when...
National Institutes of Health
National Library of Medicine: Health Care to Native Americans
Focuses on the administration of health care to Native American recipients by the United States Government.
Arizona State University
Jiae: Indian Juvenile Delinquency So Different?
This site from Journal of American Indian Education shows the 1967 article calls for a focus on the commonality of Indian and non-Indian people, when dealing with mental health issues, rather than treating them like two different problems.
Arizona State University
Jaie: What Are New Horizons?
This site from Journal of American Indian Education provides a 1965 speech by the chairman of President Johnson's Task Force on Indian Poverty, describes the future of the American Indian.
Arizona State University
Jaie: Will We Meet the Challenge?
This site from Journal of American Indian Education provides the 1964 speech presented to the Governor's Interstate Indian Council describes reservation conditions and prospects, in light of the War on Poverty.
Arizona State University
Social Class and Educational Level on the Reservation
This article, written in 1970, thoroughly discusses the relationship between social class and education on an Indian reservation.
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Federal Indian Policy: Bureaucrats or Bullets?
The making of federal Indian policy in the United States during the 19th century was marked by disagreement among all parties. The areas of disagreement that stood out most were (1) What is the legal/constitutional status of Indians and...
Arizona State University
Jaie: Indian Alcoholism and Education
This article from Journal of American Indian Education focuses on the problem of alcoholism in the Native American population and looks to improved Indian education to improve the problem.
Arizona State University
Jaie: Community and School Service
This 1968 article from Journal of American Indian Education discusses the pioneer Indian school, Rough Rock Demonstration School, in which the reservation was given control of its own school.
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Carlisle Indian School Digital Resource Center: Publications
The Publications section of the website features newspapers, magazines, and souvenir pamphlets that reflect the activities of the Carlisle Indian School and its students. Many of the newspapers and magazines included here, such as The...
PBS
Pbs: Indian Country Diaries, Tribal Sovereignty Lesson Plan
This lesson will ask students to review sections of A Seat at the Drum and Spiral of Fire where the many issues of tribal sovereignty are evident. Students will be asked to research the sovereignty issues facing a tribe that resides...
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Navajo Hopi Land Dispute
This essay is an extensive looks at the dispute between the Hopi and Navajo Nations over land in Arizona.