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Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (P.L. 638) 1975

Robert F. Kennedy’s Legacy with First Americans

Robert F. Kennedy’s Legacy with First Americans
Robert F. Kennedy's Legacy with First Americans
This year marks the 50th anniversary of Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy’s address to the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) in Bismarck, North Dakota. I was in high school then. My memories are that of tribal leaders who came together from throughout the nation to discuss key issues of...
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Robert A. Williams, Jr.: Law and Sovereignty: Putting Tribal Powers to Work

Robert A. Williams, Jr.: Law and Sovereignty: Putting Tribal Powers to Work
Robert A. Williams, Jr.: Law and Sovereignty: Putting Tribal Powers to Work
University of Arizona Professor of Law Robert A. Williams, Jr. provides an overview of the U.S. government's centuries-long assault on tribal sovereignty -- in particular the ability of Native nations to make and enforce law -- and stresses the importance of Native nations systematically building...
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Key to Indian Development: Self-Government

Key to Indian Development: Self-Government
Key to Indian Development: Self-Government
Beginning late in the last century, the economies of Indian nations in the United States began recording a remarkable turnaround. Since the early 1990s, per capita income on Native American reservations has grown three times faster than have incomes in the nation as a whole. American Indians are...
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Rae Nell Vaughn: Tribal Court Systems in the 21st Century: Choctaw Tribal Court System

Rae Nell Vaughn: Tribal Court Systems in the 21st Century: Choctaw Tribal Court System
Rae Nell Vaughn: Tribal Court Systems in the 21st Century: The Choctaw Tribal Court System
Former Chief Justice of the Mississippi Choctaw Supreme Court Rae Nell Vaughn provides a detailed overview of the growth and evolution of the Mississippi Choctaw's governance system and specifically its justice system, stressing the importance of Native nations providing a fair, effective,...
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Honoring Nations: Carolyn Finster: Pine Hill Health Center

Honoring Nations: Carolyn Finster: Pine Hill Health Center
Honoring Nations: Carolyn Finster: Pine Hill Health Center
Pine Hill Health Center Clinic Administrator Carolyn Finster shares the story of how the Navajo people of Ramah capitalized on Public Law 93-638 to take over the education of their children and then their health care through the Pine Hill Health Center, which among other things has introduced...
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Exercising Sovereignty and Expanding Economic Opportunity Through Tribal Land Management

Exercising Sovereignty and Expanding Economic Opportunity Through Tribal Land Management
Exercising Sovereignty and Expanding Economic Opportunity Through Tribal Land Management
While the United States faces one of the most significant housing crises in the nation’s history, many forget that Indian housing has been in crisis for generations. This report seeks to take some important steps toward a future where safe, affordable, and decent housing is available to Native...
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PBS "We Shall Remain": Spotlight on Sovereignty
The federal government today recognizes 562 Indian tribes as sovereign nations within the United States. Tribal members are citizens of the United States and subject to federal laws, but as sovereign nations, tribes have retained some rights to govern their own people. The limits of these rights...
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Suzan Harjo: Five Decades of Fighting for Tribal Sovereignty and Self-Determination

Suzan Harjo: Five Decades of Fighting for Tribal Sovereignty and Self-Determination
Suzan Shown Harjo: Five Decades of Fighting for Tribal Sovereignty and Self-Determination
In this wide-ranging interview, longtime Native American rights advocate Suzan Harjo discusses her involvement in the development and ratification of the American Indian Religious Freedom Act, the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, and the legislation creating the National...
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David Wilkins: (leading native nations)

David Wilkins: (leading native nations)
David Wilkins: Indigenous Governance Systems: Diversity, Colonization, Adaptation, and Resurgence
In this in-depth interview with NNI's Ian Record, federal Indian law and policy scholar David Wilkins discusses the incredible diversity and sophistication of traditional Indigenous governance systems, the profound impacts colonial policies had on those systems, and how Native nations are working...
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Segment 7: Tribal Service Delivery: Meeting Citizens' Needs

Segment 7: Tribal Service Delivery: Meeting Citizens' Needs
Native Nation Building TV: "Tribal Service Delivery: Meeting Citizens' Needs"
Guests Eddie Brown and Karen Diver discuss tribal program and service delivery across Indian Country. They examine the unproductive ways services and programs have been administered in many Native communities in the past, and the innovative mechanisms and approaches some Native nations are...
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