self-determination

A 'historic day' at pueblo

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Secretary of Interior Ken Salazar called it a “historic day” as he signed regulations at Sandia Pueblo on Thursday morning that will allow the tribe to lease land without federal approval.

The pueblo is only the second tribe in the country to take advantage of a law, called the HEARTH Act (Helping Expedite and Advance Responsible Tribal Home Ownership Act of 2012), which was signed last year. Prior to the law, any long-term leases for residential, business, or other purposes — large or small — needed approval from the Bureau of Indian Affairs...

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Ziff, Deborah. "A ‘historic day’ at pueblo." ABQ Journal. March 15, 2013. Article. (https://www.abqjournal.com/178475/a-historic-day-at-pueblo.html, accessed February 23, 2023)

Rebuilding Native Nations: Strategies for Governance and Development

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Based on two decades of research, the Native Nations Institute (NNI) at the University of Arizona has worked hard to develop a curriculum for tribal leaders that can assist tribes in achieving true economic self-determination. The essays in Rebuilding Native Nations, published in 2007, are the basis for much of the curriculum that NNI now offers to tribal colleges and universities and other postsecondary institutions...

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Disselhorst, Thomas M. "Rebuilding Native Nations: Strategies for Governance and Development." Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education. February 2, 2013. Review. (http://tribalcollegejournal.org/rebuilding-native-nations-strategies-governance-development-2/, accessed March 1, 2013)

Indian Self-Determination and Sovereignty

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Indian Country Today
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If ever a concept grabbed hold of hearts and minds in Indian country in the past couple decades surely it would be that of sovereignty. Native people talk about it with reverence, demanding that it be respected by the federal government, and expect their tribal governments to assert it. Even the federal government speaks the language of sovereignty when it claims to uphold the “unique government-to-government relationship” it has with tribes...

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Gilio-Whitaker, Dina. "Indian Self-Determination and Sovereignty." Indian Country Today. January 17, 2013. Opinion. (https://ictnews.org/archive/indian-self-determination-and-sovereignty, accessed July 24, 2023)

Grand Council Chief Patrick Madahbee: NFN Gichi-Naaknigewin

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Nipissing First Nation Administration
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Anishinabek Nation Grand Council Chief Patrick Wedaseh Madahbee speaks to Nipissing First Nation members about the importance of the Gichi-Naaknigewin (Constitution) and its relationship to community development.

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Nipissing First Nation Administration. "Grand Council Chief Patrick Madahbee: NFN Gichi-Naaknigewin." Nipissing First Nation Administration. Ontario, Canada. December 18, 2013. Video. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qFjCueqVFs&list=UUe0LW-xK9Id8LdhRXrHe5KA, accessed May 23, 2023)

The Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development and its Application to Canadian Aboriginal Business

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Simon Fraser University Beedie School of Business
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This lecture is part of a course Stephen Cornell is teaching in Simon Fraser University's Executive MBA in Aboriginal Business and Leadership program. A panel of three joined Dr. Cornell in a discussion about the building of First Nation economies and the role citizen entrepreneurship can play in that process: Dr. Sophie Pierre, Chief Commissioner of the B.C. Treaty Commission; Lori Simcox, Senior Manager, Tsleil Waututh Nation Economic Development; and Dr. Doug McArthur, Simon Fraser University School of Public Policy.

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Cornell, Stephen, Doug McArthur, Sophie Pierre, and Lori Simcox. "The Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development and its Application to Canadian Aboriginal Business." Executive MBA in Aboriginal Business and Leadership program. Burnaby, British Columbia. Presentation. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b11QeZqizK4, accessed October 18, 2013)

UA Institute Helps Native Nations Rebuild, Maintain Government

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Arizona Public Media (Story by Ashley Grove)
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An institute at the University of Arizona is focused on rebuilding government structures in Native nations by research and outreach offered through online courses and more.

The UA Native Nations Institute has been working toward its goal of helping the Native governments for nearly 30 years, looking at why some nations are more successful than others at achieving their goals, said Ian Record, director of the Rebuilding Native Nations courses. The goals could be economic, cultural, or social goals, he said...

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Grove, Ashley. "UA Institute Helps Native Nations Rebuild, Maintain Government." Arizona Public Media. University of Arizona. Tucson, Arizona. August 19, 2013. Video. (https://www.azpm.org/s/15589-ua-institute-helps-native-nations-rebuild-m..., accessed September 13, 2013)

Arizona Illustrated: The Rebuilding Native Nations Course Series

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Arizona Public Media
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Course series director Ian Record and course faculty member Robert A. Williams, Jr. appear on Arizona Public Media's "Arizona Illustrated" evening news television program to discuss the Native Nations Institute's groundbreaking "Rebuilding Native Nations: Strategies for Governance and Development" distance-learning curriculum.

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Arizona Public Media. "Arizona Illustrated: The Rebuilding Native Nations Course Series" (Producer: Andrea Kelly). (https://originals.azpm.org/s/15634-az-illustrated-metro-monday-august-19-2013/, accessed March 3, 2023)

Our Journey - Our Choice - Our Future: Maa-nulth Treaty Legacy

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New Journey Productions
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On April 1, 2011, the Maa-nulth First Nations completed what has been a long journey to self-determination. It was an historic day for all, and a day of celebration for the Huu-ay-aht, Ka:’yu:’k't’h/Che:k’tles7et’h, Toquaht, Uchucklesaht, and Ucluelet people. New Journey Productions worked with the Maa-nulth First Nations to create this “welcoming video” for the celebrations.

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New Journey Productions. "Our Journey - Our Choice - Our Future." Qualicum Beach, British Columbia, Canada. 2011. Film. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQeCOugKlJg, accessed September 19, 2016).

Chief Oren Lyons Discusses Sovereignty

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Taos News
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This is a short interview with Chief Oren Lyons on the issue of sovereignty that was filmed shortly after the U.N. Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples was passed.

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"Chief Oren Lyons Discusses Sovereignty." Taos News. 2007. Interview. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOw6S_immM4&feature=related, accessed March 22, 2023) 

Processes of Native Nationhood: The Indigenous Politics of Self-Government

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Over the last three decades, Indigenous peoples in the CANZUS countries (Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the United States) have been reclaiming self-government as an Indigenous right and practice. In the process, they have been asserting various forms of Indigenous nationhood. This article argues that this development involves a common set of activities on the part of Indigenous peoples: (1) identifying as a nation or a people (determining who the appropriate collective “self” is in self-determination and self-government); (2) organizing as a political body (not just as a corporate holder of assets); and (3) acting on behalf of Indigenous goals (asserting and exercising practical decision-making power and responsibility, even in cases where central governments deny recognition). The article compares these activities in the four countries and argues that, while contexts and circumstances differ, the Indigenous politics of self-government show striking commonalities across the four. Among those commonalities: it is a positional as opposed to a distributional politics; while not ignoring individual welfare, it measures success in terms of collective power; and it focuses less on what central governments are willing to do in the way of recognition and rights than on what Indigenous nations or communities can do for themselves.

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Cornell, Stephen. "Processes of Native Nationhood: The Indigenous Politics of Self-Government." The International Indigenous Policy Journal. Volume 6, Issue 4. September 2015. Paper. (http://ir.lib.uwo.ca/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1265&context=iipj, accessed October 20, 2015)