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Controversy Flares over Education Grant as NTCA Leaders Reveal Differences; Demand Termination of Executive Director.
Wassaja, The Indian Historian, 1980
Concerns controversy caused by the cancellation of the Office of Education grant of $250,000 by National Tribal Chairmen's Association executive director. (AN)
Descriptors: Administrators, American Indians, Federal Aid, Tribes
Energy Resource Tribes Have More to Offer the Nation Than the Usual Hot Air.
Scott, Wilfred – Wassaja, The Indian Historian, 1980
Itemizes accomplishments of the Council of Energy Resource Tribes and discusses 1980 presidential campaign promises to Indians by Ronald Reagan and John Anderson. (AN)
Descriptors: American Indians, Energy, Natural Resources, Politics
Both Political Parties Are in a Dead Heat to Wipe Out Tribal Sovereignty.
MacDonald, Peter – Wassaja, The Indian Historian, 1980
Discusses why Indians are, or should be, dissatisfied with both the Republican and Democratic parties. Outlines tribal needs and basic commitments which Indians should cooperatively strive for by being heard in the political forum. (AN)
Descriptors: American Indians, Energy, Natural Resources, Needs
Who Is An Indian?
Henry, Jeanette; Costo, Rupert – Wassaja, The Indian Historian, 1980
A resolution submitted by the National Tribal Chairmen's Association declares only tribes have the right to determine tribal membership. The resolution results from an emergency meeting of the tribes to review the six federal options of defining "Indian" for eligibility to receive educational services. (ERB)
Descriptors: American Indians, Definitions, Eligibility, Federal Indian Relationship
A Special Kind of Justice.
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
The Lumni Island Reef Nets.
Boxberger, Daniel – Wassaja, The Indian Historian, 1980
Prior to 1880, the Lummi Indians had a well-developed salmon fishing economy. When non-Indians saw the value of this resource, the Lummi were evicted by various means. Starting in the 1960s, however, several western Indian tribes initiated legal procedures which resulted in the recovery of treaty-secured fishing rights. (AN)
Descriptors: American Indians, Economic Change, Economic Development, Natural Resources
Canny CERT Gets Respect, Money, Problems.
O'Gara, Geoffrey – Wassaja, The Indian Historian, 1980
The article describes the five-year history of the Council of Energy Resource Tribes (CERT); its leader Peter MacDonald; its problems (growth, leadership, youth involvement, culture conflicts); and its advantages to Indians, government, and business. It also notes the major events of the CERT board meetings recently held in Phoenix, AZ.(SB)
Descriptors: American Indian Reservations, American Indians, Energy, Federal Indian Relationship
A Bibliography of Native American Prose Prior to the 20th Century.
Peyer, Bernd C. – Wassaja, The Indian Historian, 1980
Contains citations for 24 published monographs dating from 1772 to 1972 and covers Native American prose from the 17th century to 1972. Introduction is by a graduate fellow of Native American literature. (AN)
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indian Literature, American Indians, Eighteenth Century Literature
The 19th Century Native American Poets.
Hogan, Linda – Wassaja, The Indian Historian, 1980
The works of four Native American poets, E. Pauline Johnson, Alexander Posey, John Rollin Ridge, and Gertrude Bonnin, are discussed with reference to the late 19th-century federal assimilation policies which were designed to absorb Native Americans into the mainstream of American life. (AN)
Descriptors: Acculturation, American Indian Education, American Indian Literature, American Indians
Equality in Education for Indian Women.
Krepps, Ethel – Wassaja, The Indian Historian, 1980
Historically, Indian women have been denied education due to: early marriage and family responsibilities; lack of money; inadequate family attention to education; the threat education poses to Indian men; and geographical location. Indian tribes can best administer funds and programs to provide the education so necessary for Indian women. (SB)
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indians, Equal Education, Federal Aid
The Long Walk of the Yavapai.
Bronson, Leisa – Wassaja, The Indian Historian, 1980
A capsule history of the Yavapai tribe describes their origin myth; early life-style; increasing involvement with Apaches; leaders; response to White settlers; and resistance and ultimate capitulation to reservation life. The article details the horrors and aftermath of the 1875 forced march from the Verde Reservation to San Carlos. (SB)
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian Reservations, American Indians, Federal Indian Relationship
The American Indian and Environmental Issues.
Costo, Rupert – Wassaja, The Indian Historian, 1980
Traces the development of federal-Indian relations as a prelude to current Indian environmental issues. Illustrates the exploitation of reservation economies by energy corporations and the federal government, especially in the area of water rights. Notes problems within tribal governments as they attempt to coexist with the 20th century. (SB)
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indians, Energy, Energy Conservation