Describes the humanitarian founding in 1758 of the nation's first reservation--the Brotherton reservation for New Jersey's Lenni Lenape (Algonquin) Indians. The people were demoralized, sick, and decimated in numbers; and so the venture failed. In 1801 those few remaining sold the reservation and moved to join related tribes in New York. (DS)

The article explores American Indian tribal rights to tax exemptions and self-imposed taxation; general recommendations on possible tribal tax alternatives; and evaluation of the probable economic effect of taxation. (FF)

In this biographical sketch, Mary Rego, a Chippewa Cree from Rocky Boy Reservation, describes the struggle of maintaining her Indianism in the face of urban pressures. (JC)

Providing an in-depth description of events leading up to the eviction of a Catholic priest from New Mexico's Isleta Pueblo some 10 years ago, this article focuses upon American Indian cultural and religious differences. (JC)

Presenting an historical account of the Prairie Potawatomie's resistance to the General Allotment Act of 1887, this article emphasizes the Prairie Band's resiliance and underlying strength. (JC)

The conflict between American Indians and whites over land use dictated many events of early Nevada history (1847-1870). The white man's disregard for the Indian claims and culture promoted animosity. (FF)

Anthropologists have tended to look at and describe those aspects of American Indian life in the Southwest which could be termed aboriginal to the neglect of the total picture of Indian life as it actually is. (FF)

The Federal government's policies reflect its desire to make the Indian economically self-sufficient and ultimately assimilate him into the mainstream of American life, but the means used to achieve these ends failed to consider the background of the Plains Indians and the qualities of the land on which they were situated. (Author/NQ)

The Kalapuyan economy of hunting, fishing, root digging, berry gathering, and intertribal trade was depleted in the first 30 years of white contact, causing the natives considerable hunger and starvation. Many died from infectious diseases--typhus, smallpox, and venereal diseases. (FF)

The article discusses the sources and preparation of many of the foods and medicines used by California's Chilula Indians. It notes the specific uses of 34 roots, herbs, and vegetables, giving both the Latin and common names for all and illustrations for some. Includes "menus" for Chilula meals. (SB)

Four years after selection of the Western Nevada area for development as a federally-administered reclamation project, and but a single full season of farming, the Indian situation had assumed problem proportions to the Reclamation Service and the Truckee-Carson Project. (NQ)