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 central focus of social studies education is to help develop effective citizens in a democratic society, and one of the components of effective citizenship is the development of critical thinking skills (Mallen 2005; National Council for the Social Studies 1991; Parker 1999). One aspect of critical thinking is the ability to look at…

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)

An extended case analysis of a 1973 single land sale in the Yoruba city of Ibadan illustrates the role of Yoruba cultural patterns in Nigerian capitalist growth. This analysis also provides insight into the nature of the social relationships being established in the urbanization of Ibadan. (EB)

Presenting arguments for consideration by the United Nations Decolonization Committee, this article: illustrates that under generally accepted definitions of colonialism Indian nations remain colonies today; discusses twentieth century changes in laws of territorial acquisition, agression, and self-determination; and asserts that Indian nations…

The Bashakill Wetland has been acquired by the State of New York. Located in the southern foothills of the Catskill Mountains, this 100 century-old marsh with adjacent upland area serves as home for rare and unique plants and animals and as natural protection against floods and erosion. (RE)

In this paper, the process of how cultural norms of the society of Bawang villagers in Ilocos Norte, Philippines have served to channel emigrant wealth into land purchase rather than into entrepreneurial investment and the corresponding effects this investment has had on local social organization are explored. (Author/WI)

Control over land, a scarce resource for farmers, is found to be the source of women's power in a community of Illinois farm families. Women appear to make a trade-off of lower status and less power for male management of the family enterprise, which assures them a financially secure widowhood. (Author)

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)

Suggesting there has been a nationalistic psychology inherent in white America's relationship with the American Indian, this article asserts that the Puritans and 19th century politicians are alike in their inability to accept the idea that Indians have not wanted to live like the white man. (JC)

The Legal Commission of the International Non-Governmental Organizations Conference on Discrimination Against Indigenous Populations adopted the following agenda: legal status of indigenous populations; the land question; indigenous laws and courts; discrimination against indigenous peoples in existing laws and their application; and creation of…

Describes the activities of the Indian Rights Association between 1923 and 1936, with particular attention to the adverse effect of the allotment policy (division of tribal lands into individually owned plots) on the Five Civilized Tribes. (MH)