From its inception, the United States has been faced with the problem of how to treat with the American Indian nations and tribes. This problem is many-faceted: who should deal with Indian affairs; how should the Indian be treated--as citizens or as independent nations; how should the redman be parted from his lands, which were coveted by the…

There is a need for improved communication among different tribes and for American Indian information dissemination through the mass media. For Indians to become involved in developing talent in the area of media technology, it must be assumed that the individual tribal societies and other Indian communities are human entities coequal with the…

Included in this 12th annual tribal directory is information on the American Indian reservations in Arizona, their populations, and tribal leaders. Names of Arizona Commission of Indian Affairs advisory committee members and Bureau of Indian Affairs area officers are also included, as are names and addresses of personnel in other state and Federal…

A brief history of the American Indians of Michigan is presented in this booklet. Separate sections are devoted to each of the 3 tribes: The Chippewa, the Ottawa, and the Potawatomi. Each tribe is described in terms of its economic life, clothing and handicrafts, political system, and religious ideas. Also described are the 4 Indian reservations…

The findings of this study are consistent with the argument that the tribal and Western employees hold different work values because of their dissimilar cultural background. (Author/AM)

The paper answers two questions: why the Confederate Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Indian Reservation existed as a legally defined group in 1970; and why the Confederate Salish and Kootenai Tribes had 5,500 enrolled tribal members in 1970. (Author/AM)

Concludes that black slavery-including slave codes-among the Cherokees was very similar to the institution in the Southern United States. This is not surprising since the Cherokees identified economically, politically, and socially with the South more than any other group. (Author/AM)

Explains the significance of the main animal symbols incorporated into the social, cultural, artistic, and spiritual fabric of the Hodenosaunee (the People of the Longhouse) also known as the Six Nations Iroquois: the eagle, turtle, bear, wolf, hawk, heron, snipe, eel, deer, beaver, moose, snake, and serpent. (NEC)

Analyzes the career of Dennis Banks in the American Indian Movement. Describes the occurrences leading to the occupation of Wounded Knee, South Dakota, and Banks' subsequent activities. (MH)

This brief summarizes data from Census 2000 on the American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) population and discusses its distribution at national, regional, and state levels. This information is intended for all levels of government to use in implementing and evaluating programs related to education, employment, health care, job training, civil…

Shortly after a researcher arrived at a Traditional Mohawk (Iroquois) Indian community in New York State in May 1997, seven community members began using the Netscape 3.0 e-mail system with steadily increasing frequency. The researcher was interested in studying the relationship between new communication technology and identity maintenance. E-mail…

In the Amazonian jungle of Peru 240 Indian leaders representing 20 different South American Indian language groups are successfully teaching their own people to read and write, first in their mother tongue and then in Spanish. (Author/EB)

This article is based on the Ganienkeh settlement founded by a group of Mohawk Indians determined to find their way back to their traditional way of life, their original homelands and self government. (RTS)