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

The variety of definitions of Indian tribal sovereignty may stem from the fact that there are so many differences in situation and problems from one reservation to the next. Three cases are briefly surveyed: the White Earth Chippewa Reservation in Minnesota, the Choctaw Reservation in Philadelphia, Mississippi, and the Makah Reservation in Neah…

Discusses various subjects such as the American Indian Movement, the urbanization of the native American, the effects of the mass media on Third World minorities, and the probability of spiritual reunification of native Americans. (Author/AM)

The intent of this paper is to review studies and research endeavors concerned with the consequences of Native Americans from traditional Plains cultures participating in formal American education systems. (JC)

Describes a research project which resulted in publication, "The Julian Tribe," and showed how lost Micmac tribal heritage was reconstructed from church, census, county, provincial, and federal records when no tribal printed or secondary accounts or oral tradition remained. (NEC)

Discusses tribal differences in Native American suicidal behavior. Similarities among these studies are noted, including data sources, the concentration of suicide among the young, intratribal group heterogeneity with respect to suicide, suicide methods employed, and alcohol involvement. The implications of obtaining figures from official agencies…

Article examined the tribal music of American Indians through the aspects of rhythm, melody, form, instruments, song types, and vocal style and change. (Author/RK)

Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) allocations for Indian training programs are presented via a map depicting allocations. (JC)

Since no mechanism presently exists for the effective distribution of tribal income to tribal members, the wealth created by development of natural resources on the American Indian reservations of the Colorado River Basin will not substantially alter the quality of Indian life. (JC)

This brief directory lists 39 American Indian vocational rehabilitation services programs in 16 states: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, and Washington. Each listed program contains tribal name, name of director,…

American Indian children arriving from the Indian reservation with their parents must learn a new language and new behavior patterns required by the school setting. They must also begin to learn about the workings and customs of the city and its people. (FF)

Descriptions of American Indian history in the making are presented--e.g., Sioux and Choctaw Indian dictionaries; and an all Indian rodeo held in San Francisco. (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)