The Washington Report currently identifies, analyzes and tracks legislation, administrative agencies' regulations and supreme court decisions relating to Indian affairs. (Author)

While Indian education in the 1970s was bolstered by some significant legislative acts, the Indian education community must still struggle to get adequate funds for existing programs. This article discusses some of the educational legislation enacted in the past decade. (DS)

Explores the nature of how drama unfolds in the author's classroom around the historical events of the Cherokee Trail of Tears. Describes how they explored the viewpoints of people involved in the historical events; recreated the setting and action through props, costumes, and scenery; understood the role of the teacher as actor; and problem…

Euro-American historians have not allowed Native American scholars to participate as intellectual equals in academic debates concerning Native history. A comparison of received histories of Sequoyah and the emergence of the Cherokee syllabary and Traveller Bird's 1971 "Tell Them They Lie" reveals that Traveller Bird's argument is at…

Examines the development of applied social research during the mid-20th century, out of which grew a landmark study of schooling and children's peer society among the Oglala Sioux. Concludes with a critique of a science culture and a call for an educational anthropology oriented toward fieldwork. (SM)

Argues in favor of a Chippewa right to harvest maple sap from trees on federal land. Discusses the history of Indian production of and trade in maple sugar, examines relevant treaties, and draws parallels with tribal rights to fish and harvest wild rice. Contains 91 references. (SV)

Traces the eighteenth-century history of Indian tribes in the upper Susquehanna valley: settlement of the valley by various displaced tribes, Iroquois claims and control, steadfast and costly loyalty to the British during the Revolutionary War, and economic decline and displacement in the war's aftermath. Contains 37 references. (SV)

Summarizes benefits and negative aspects of organized gambling on American Indian reservations in Minnesota, including job creation, direct payments to tribal members, funding for education and social services, compulsive gamblers requiring treatment programs, economic entanglements with outside investors, possible infiltration of organized crime,…

Work with tribal cultures in Asia revealed some commonalities of such cultures throughout the world: loss of habitation, conflict with nontribal economic systems, spirituality, and desire for autonomy. Appropriate development strategies must include concern for preserving their alternative world views. (SK)

Examines the complexities of the taxation issue in Indian affairs, both for American Indian reservations and adjacent local governments. Demonstrates the role of statutes and case law in the recurring struggle to balance tribal immunities guaranteed by the federal government with the expectations of non-Indian taxpayers. (SV)

Tribal Rhythms is a program presented by professional artists in elementary schools, using the themes of "tribe" and the "artist in self" to create a framework for cooperative learning, community spirit, democratic values, self-esteem, and multicultural understanding. (SK)

Describes the "Ten Cent Treaty" settling the Turtle Mountain Chippewas' 10-million-acre land claim; creation of a small reservation; de facto removal resulting from distant public-domain land allotments; and granting of citizenship and fee patents to half-bloods and subsequent land loss. Contains 30 references. (SV)

Uses a quantitative analytic procedure, logistic regression, to search for and identify critical attributes of race, highlighting the characteristics of American Indians that underlie poverty on Montana's seven reservations, with their varied tribal affiliations. Implications are drawn for the Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations,…

Examines the development of the Lac du Flambeau tribal historic-preservation program, 1 of only 18 tribal programs to have assumed the duties of a state historic-preservation office. Describes the Lac du Flambeau reservation in northern Wisconsin, its history, and school and community preservation activities. (CDS)

Describes the "Tribal Rhythms" (registered) program, a process that uses the themes of "tribe" and the Arts to build community and engage participants in culture-making activities that enable them to build a "tribe." Discusses the use of the program in Boston, Massachusetts, elementary schools. (SLD)