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(1981). Let My People Know: American Indian Journalism, 1828-1978. First Edition. This book offers an account of 150 years of the American Indian press and includes an overview of the contemporary Indian media. Its goal is to provide a wider perspective than was hitherto available from which to judge the nation's press as a whole. The picture of the establishment press that emerges is not an altogether pleasant one. Historical study indicates that, when Indian news was presented at all, it often contained wholesale misinformation about American Indians. Chapter 1 deals with white editors and their role in the denigration of Indian cultures and despoliation of Indian homelands. Chapters 2 to 4 focus on the development of Indian journalism beginning in 1828 and continuing–through periods of relative strength and bare survival–to the present day. Chapters 5 to 9 look at the American Indian press of the 1970's, when it emerged as stronger and more active than at any other period. By the late 1970's, communications activity was beginning to spill over from print into electronic media. Radio and telecommunications form the material in Chapter 10. Chapter 11 surveys the consolidation of effort in Indian country during the 1970's, in the form of media associations that were starting to give Indians a stronger, more unified voice. Appendix A offers "Indian Press Freedom Guarantees from the United States Commission on Civil Rights," from the American Indian Civil Rights Handbook issued by the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. Appendix B is an 1826 address to Whites by Elias Boudinot, a Cherokee Indian, and Appendix C offers a directory of contemporary American Indian print and broadcast media. Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian Education, American Indian History, American Indian Literature
(1977). Justice in Flagstaff: Are These Rights Inalienable?. Utilizing official records and reports, the Arizona Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights conducted an investigation of the criminal justice process afforded American Indians in Flagstaff, Arizona. The investigation focused on Indian treatment from arrest through sentencing and 2 days of informal hearings held in both Tucson and Flagstaff during the fall of 1975. Specifically, the investigation centered on: the initial encounter with law enforcement officials; arrest information (about 40% of all people arrested in Flagstaff in 1974 were Indian–65% of those arrested for alcoholic related offenses); appearance in court; advisement of rights; right to counsel; right to bail or release on one's own recognizance; right to trial by jury; the guilty plea; and Flagstaff's Local Alcohol Reception Center (LARC). Findings indicated: unnecessary arrests in violation of the law had been made of persons who were intoxicated; the State and Flagstaff had failed to provide adequate funding for local alcohol centers; of those persons arrested for minor traffic offenses, illegal bond had been required of American Indians only; nonlawyer magistrates had failed to fully advise defendants of their constitutional rights; a fulltime court interpreter was needed for monolingual Indian defendants; a state-wide public defender system was needed to assure proper defense; and provisions needed to be made to insure that American Indians served on jury panels. The Committee developed 12 recommendations addressing the legal and operational specifics of its findings. Descriptors: Alcoholism, American Indians, Civil Rights, Equal Protection
(1992). American Indians Today. This paper reviews American Indian demography and the political and economic conditions on Indian reservations. After collapsing during the 19th century, the American Indian population grew gradually during the early 20th century, approaching 2 million in 1990. American Indians are heavily concentrated in the West, northern Midwest, and Oklahoma; about half live on or near reservations. The Indian population comprises over 300 tribes and is extremely diverse, but social and economic disadvantages are a common denominator. High school dropout rates are alarmingly high, as are poverty and unemployment rates. The current economic circumstances of American Indians in many ways reflect a long history of federal efforts to exterminate, subordinate, or assimilate them. These efforts are reflected in five eras of federal-Indian relations: removal, allotment, the Indian New Deal, termination and relocation, and self-determination. Today, many tribes have assumed substantial control over education, human services, and natural resources on their reservations. Economic development and eventual financial independence are being pursued as an alternative to uncertain federal aid. Many reservations have substantial resources in agricultural land, timber, water, and minerals. The 24 tribal colleges are playing a key role in human resource development. Economic development strategies include tribal businesses, attracting outside industries, entrepreneurship, legal gambling, and taking advantage of treaty rights. [More] Descriptors: American Indian History, American Indian Reservations, American Indians, Business
(2012). Employment Equity for Aboriginal Teachers. This paper is a letter of understanding between British Columbia Teachers' Federation (BCTF) and British Columbia Public School Employers' Association (BCPSEA) in response to Employment Equity for Aboriginal Teachers. The parties recognize that Aboriginal teachers are under-represented in the public education system. The parties are committed to redress the under-representation of Aboriginal teachers and therefore further agree that: (1) They will encourage local school boards and teacher unions to make application to the Human Rights Tribunal under section 42 of the "Human Rights Code" to obtain approval for a "special program" that would serve to attract and retain Aboriginal teachers; (2) The parties will assist local school boards and teacher unions as requested in the application for and implementation of a "special program" consistent with this Letter of Commitment. BCTF supports an Aboriginal Employment Equity program. In the "Member's Guide to the BCTF" it states (b) That the BCTF actively support an employment equity program for the public schools with the aim of achieving a teaching force that is reflective of the ethnic diversity of BC public schools. [More] Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Disproportionate Representation, Teacher Recruitment, Teacher Persistence
(2012). Memory, Reality, and Ethnography in a Colombian War Zone: Towards a Social Phenomenology of Collective Remembrance, Philosophical Studies in Education. This paper considers phenomenology as a philosophical framework from which to understand the moral experience of collective memory. As a philosophical approach to human reality, phenomenology contributes insight into the connection between the experiential grounding of collective memory and the reality of the social world. The inspiration for exploring these connections is related to the author's ongoing ethnographic fieldwork in Colombia, South America, which began in 2007 and continues to the present. As part of this research, the author has had extended visits to Afrodescendent rainforest peasant river communities in the Cacarica, Jiguaminando, and Curvarado river basin areas of the Atrato River on the northwestern region of Pacific coast, near the Colombia-Panama border. In 1997, the paramilitaries and government forces violently displaced these communities. Since the time of their forced removal, members of these communities, in an act of civil resistance, have returned and reclaimed their collectively titled ancestral territories now encompassed in the war zone. They have returned to their territories, declaring their land as humanitarian zones that are accompanied and protected by the "Comision Intereclesial de Justicia y Paz," the "Inter-American Court of Human Rights" (IACHR), and the "United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights" (UNHCHR). [More] Descriptors: Memory, Indigenous Populations, Foreign Countries, Phenomenology
(2014). Collisions of Culture: Academic Culture in the Neoliberal University, Learning and Teaching: The International Journal of Higher Education in the Social Sciences. This article describes how different constituencies in a major research university tried to initiate change despite disagreements over common goals, norms and principles. The context was a culture war. The university administration wanted to impose a corporatising and privatising philosophy which it felt was crucial to preserving the university's academic integrity and its financial survival in a time of budgetary crisis. Faculty viewed these actions as serious threats to shared governance, faculty control over the curriculum, instruction and research, academic freedom and the faculty's constitutional rights. These forces played out in the firing and grievance cases of Ward Churchill and Adrienne Anderson, professors whose research and publications angered members of the political and academic establishment and galvanised protests pro and con from the media, conservative politicians and public intellectuals. [More] Descriptors: Research Universities, College Faculty, College Administration, Governance
(1979). Beyond Bows and Arrows. Resource Manual. In spite of their visible prominence and influence on almost every aspect of our society, American Indians remain the least understood group of people. To acquaint symposium participants with the American Indian and to produce greater understanding, this resource manual documents the historical treatment and present status of Indians. Presented are: the constitutional status of American Indians, including sources of federal power, tribal sovereignty, powers of tribal self-government, hunting and fishing rights, domestic relations, taxation, legal status of Indian individuals, constitutional immunity, the 1968 Indian Bill of Rights, rights and privileges of state citizenship, and wardship; American Indian tribes, Eskimo and Aleut groups for which the Bureau of Indian Affairs has responsibility; federal Indian policies from the colonial period through the early 1970's; administrators of U.S. Federal Indian Policy; Commissioners of Indian Affairs from 1832 to the present; important dates in federal Indian relationships; labor statistics; employment; education; health; relevance of Indian life to civilization; housing; Indian population by regions; location of Indian lands and communities; and Indian tribes and organization, including names and addresses of each leader. [More] Descriptors: American History, American Indian Culture, American Indian Education, American Indian Reservations
(1984). Fact-File: Minority Enrollments at More than 3,100 Colleges and Universities. Tables are provided showing the numbers of American Indian, Asian, Black, Hispanic, and White students, as well as foreign students, in colleges and universities in fall 1982. The data were collected by the Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights. Descriptors: American Indians, Asian Americans, Blacks, College Attendance
(1970). Urban-Rural Cross Cultural Adjustment Problems of Indians and Mexican Americans. A Survey of Literature. The bibliography cites approximately 2,676 books, journal articles, master's theses, doctoral dissertations, and other unpublished materials pertaining to the urban-rural cross-cultural adjustment problems of American Indians and Mexican Americans. Written between 1902 and 1969, the materials are divided into 2 major sections: (1) those pertaining to American Indians and (2) those pertaining to Mexican Americans. The American Indian section cites 344 books, 330 journal articles, and 423 master's theses and doctoral dissertations. In the Mexican American section, there are citations for 405 books, 624 journal articles, 382 unpublished doctoral dissertations and master's theses, and 168 other unpublished materials. Among the topics covered are: education, health, socioeconomic influences, culture, housing, employment, language, history, politics, civil rights, and migration. [More] Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Alaska Natives, American Indians, Bibliographies
(1979). Corrections in Montana: A Consultation on Corrections in Montana. The findings and recommendations of a two-day conference on the civil and human rights of inmates of Montana's correctional institutions are contained in this report. The views of private citizens and experts from local, state, and federal organizations are presented in edited form under seven subject headings: existing prison reform legislation, the role of state government in corrections, corrections philosophy, the history of corrections in Montana, the role of women in corrections, the juvenile offender, and alternatives to traditional concepts of corrections. Key issues were the special needs of female, American Indian, and juvenile offenders and the need for a viable corrections philosophy as a foundation for positive change in Montana's corrections program. Recommendations based on the conference findings include a study to explore alternatives to incarceration, creation of an inmate advocate position, a center to coordinate services to women offenders, and legislation to protect the rights of juvenile offenders. Additional recommendations, in view of the disproportionate number of American Indians in the Montana prison population, are that an American Indian serve on the parole board and that the Department of Institutions, in cooperation with the Indian tribes, hire at least one person especially concerned with alleviation of the cultural and correctional problems of the American Indian offender. [More] Descriptors: American Indians, Civil Liberties, Civil Rights, Correctional Institutions
(1977). Native American Fishing/Hunting Rights: An Annotated Bibliography. An attempt to provide ready access to publications dealing with the controversy over American Indian fishing and hunting rights, this annotated bibliography includes 37 citations (law journals, books, government documents, and other publications excluding newspapers and court cases). The earliest citation is a 1915 speech to the Washington Legislature defending the fishing/hunting rights of the Native Americans of Tulalip Agency, and the most recent citations are 1975 citations. [More] Descriptors: American Indians, Annotated Bibliographies, Court Litigation, Land Use
(1977). Indian Treaties: Two Centuries of Dishonor. American Indian Reader: Current Affairs, Volume 5. Today self-determination, economy, tribal jurisdiction, taxation, water and resource rights, and other aspects of American Indian affairs are affected by issues raised through the treaties and agreements made with Indian nations and tribes, and through the executive orders and statutes. Government policy has been influenced by the pressure brought to bear on the federal government by the states, settlers, gold miners, corporations, large landowners, and the majority population. With the opening of the 1970's, a national anti-Indian movement has been organized. Tribes have provided documented evidence of violations of the trust responsibility and obligations of the federal government to the American Indian Policy Review Commission which was established in 1975. Data were provided in quantity fully sufficient to support the final recommendations made by the Commission in its Report. Of the Commission's 11 members, only Representative Lloyd Meeds dissented from the Report and Recommendations. Today the Indian nations are bringing their forces together in order to protect their rights. This publication presents a discussion of the Indian treaties and how they affect Indian affairs, treaties as the "supreme law of the land", and the Meeds dissent; an overview of tribes today; and a discussion of solutions. Appended are a report of the establishment of the American Indian Policy Review Commission; a chronology of Indian treaties, agreements, and major laws which apply to all tribes; and the Council of State Governments resolution on the American Indian Policy Review Commission. Descriptors: American Indian Reservations, American Indians, Conflict Resolution, Court Litigation
(1972). American Indian Civil Rights Handbook. The civil rights of American Indians, guaranteed by the Federal Constitution and the 1968 Indian Bill of Rights, are discussed in this handbook. The 3 kinds of rights discussed are (1) the freedom of religion, speech, press, and assembly; (2) the right to due process of law; and (3) the guarantee of equal protection under the laws, or freedom from discrimination. A directory of information on filing complaints is also presented, along with a listing (by states) of legal services programs of importance to Indians. [More] Descriptors: American Indians, Civil Rights, Employment Problems, Federal Legislation
(1983). Minority Librarianship Research: A State-of-the-Art Review, Library and Information Science Research. This review of research on minority (Afro-American, American Indian, Asian American, Mexican American) librarianship provides overview of early developments, civil rights era and contemporary developments, and professional organizations. A state-of-the-art review by ethnic group notes purpose, methodology, and conclusions of selected research in chronological order. A 242-item bibliography is provided. Descriptors: American Indians, Asian Americans, Blacks, Information Needs
(2016). Intercultural Bilingual Educational Policies for Transnational Indigenous Communities: School Experiences of the Wichí-Weenhayek People on the Argentinean-Bolivian Border, Bilingual Research Journal. Utilizing Ruiz's (1984, 1995) language orientation and language policy work, this ethnographic study compared two intercultural bilingual education (IBE) schools located in two Wichí-Weenhayek communities on both sides of the Argentinean-Bolivian border. We examined Wichí-Weenhayek and non-Indigenous teachers' profiles, teacher-student interactions, and school-community relations. Findings showed that Wichí-Weenhayek teachers in Argentina played only teacher-aid roles and were unable to promote the Wichí language as resource. Although the Wichí-Weenhayek teachers in Bolivia taught in both languages and were in charge of instruction, these teachers did not have enough pedagogical training or materials to meet the language-as-right and language-as-resource goals of their IBE program. Regarding teacher-students interactions, the non-Indigenous teachers in Argentina used a teacher-centered model of instruction, while in Bolivia, teachers commonly interacted with their students using Wichí and employed more student-centered strategies. Finally, the school-community relationship in Argentina only happened in school because the non-Indigenous principal and teachers did not live in the same town as their students. In Bolivia, on the other hand, children and families commonly interacted with their Wichí-Weenhayek teachers inside and outside the school because all of them lived in the same town. Implications for the development of IBE programs that serve transnational Indigenous communities are discussed here. [More] Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Geographic Regions, Educational Policy, Language Planning