Keywords: Contributing editors, Contact details, Address   Abstract: Names and contact details of contributing editors.

Keywords: American Indians, Tribal governments, Sovereignty, Institutionalization, Federal policies, Intergovernmental collaboration, Social change, Urban populations, Reservation communities, Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA)   Abstract: In the late 1960s, American Indians…

Keywords: Tribal sovereignty, Federal policies, Native American tribes, Government status, Indian Reorganization Act, Supreme Court rulings, Self-determination policy, Conquered peoples, Minority status, Treaty rights   Abstracts: Chapter Two provides a…

  Keywords: Self-Governance, Indian Nations, 1871 Appropriations Act, U.S. Congress, Government-to-Government, Tribal Compacts, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Native American, Sovereignty, Treaty Relationships, Evaluation Project   Abstract: The Self-Governance Process Evaluation…

What are the practical steps to push for recognizing the rights of indigenous people around the world? Our shares their thoughts

The large-scale movement of non-indians onto Indian reservations began with the U.S. Allotment Act (1887). The U.S. Government intended to destroy tribal governments and break up Indian reservations under, what was then considered, the Manifest Destiny Doctrine.

The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) did not include in its narrative a method or methods for implementing principles and mandates adopted by the UN…

President Umaru Yar’Adua has approved the immediate recall of Nigeria’s Ambassador to the United States, retired Brigadier-General Oluwole Rotimi, for “gross insubordination. ” Sources at the Nigerian embassy in Washington…

Biafran people will embark on an organized “passive resistance” to highlight their self-determination quest and to protest the continued British Government connivance with the Nigerian Government in perpetuating genocide in…