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How Tribal Nations Need to Be Understood Around the World

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Indian Country Today
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The word “nation” is one of those words that gets thrown around haphazardly by academics, laypeople and politicians alike; it has become synonymous with “nation-state” and “state” to describe what we understand today as the global polities we refer to as countries. But there are distinctions to be made, and the reason it’s important is because of the rapidly changing nature of the global political arena in which Indigenous peoples find themselves engaging. Words have the power to create reality, not just reflect it–especially in law–so we must be very clear to say what we mean, and mean what we say...

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Gilio-Whitaker, Dina. "How Tribal Nations Need to Be Understood Around the World." Indian Country Today Media Network. October 2, 2013. Opinion. (https://ictnews.org/archive/how-tribal-nations-need-to-be-understood-around-the-world, accessed July 18, 2023)

How to Protect Tribal Lands From Our Deadliest Enemies

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Indian Country Today
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In 2001, the U.S. Supreme Court dealt a severe below to Indian sovereignty when it decided Nevada v. Hicks, suggesting to states and counties that when their cops are investigating off-reservation crimes, they need not obtain tribal court warrants to conduct searches or arrests on tribal land. The reach of Hicks, however, has been greatly exaggerated, most notably by state cops and prosecutors...

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Galanda, Gabriel S. "How to Protect Tribal Lands From Our Deadliest Enemies." Indian Country Today Media Network. September 19, 2013. Opinion. (https://ictnews.org/archive/how-to-protect-tribal-lands-from-our-deadliest-enemies, accessed July 18, 2023)

Servants of the People

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Traditionally, this title was an honor bestowed on those distinguished both by willingness to serve and effectiveness in doing so. This was our concept – unique throughout the world but one with such a strong sense of rightness that many would claim it for their own. Of course, claims and reality are not necessarily the same.

The crazy part of this story is that we don’t use this concept or even the expression anymore. Americans never quite got the concept but to this day they refer to those elected or appointed to office as belonging to the public service – to be sure, these are only words. But what happened to us?...

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Kane, John. “Servants of the People.” Let's Talk Native. Two Row Times. September 11, 2013. Opinion. (http://tworowtimes.com/opinions/columns/lets-talk-native/servants-of-the..., accessed November 6, 2023)

Indian Nations Are Still Fighting the U.S. Cavalry

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Indian Country Today
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Throughout the 19th Century the U.S. Cavalry perpetrated the genocide of Indian People. Today’s Cavalry–federal, state and local police–are no longer committed to extermination. But American cops’ flagrant disregard for tribal self-governance when carrying out law enforcement activities on Indian lands, threatens the existence of Indian People.

Thankfully Indian inherent sovereignty and treaty rights can halt non-tribal cops who encroach upon Indian country under the guise of the Major Crimes Act or Nevada v. Hicks and while doing so, threaten tribal territorial autonomy and Indian civil rights.

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Galanda, Gabriel S. "Indian Nations Are Still Fighting the U.S. Cavalry." Indian Country Today. September 04, 2013. Article. (https://ictnews.org/archive/indian-nations-are-still-fighting-the-us-cavalry, accessed July 24, 2023)

Indian Education Must Support Dual Citizenship, Nation-building

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Indian Country Today
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In contemporary nation states education is a key institution for the socialization and creation of citizens. Schools are designed to provide common rules of civic understanding and responsibilities. Students are taught to understand the history, goals, and functioning of government. In many ways, educational institutions are a great equalizer in the sense that students, many as immigrants, can have the opportunity to learn U.S. culture, share citizenship, and gain the skills necessary to participate in the market economy...

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Champagne, Duane. "Indian Education Must Support Dual Citizenship, Nation-building." Indian Country Today. July 01, 2013. Opinion. (https://ictnews.org/archive/indian-education-must-support-dual-citizenship-nation-building, accessed July 21, 2023)

Rebuilding Native Nations Builds Leadership

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Indian Country Today
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The late Hopi leader Thomas Banyacya once said, “Do not look outside yourself for a leader.” That’s good advice for those with inherent leadership qualities. Now the Native Nations Institute for Leadership, Management, and Policy at the University of Arizona is offering an in-depth program to help people develop their inner leaders.

Rebuilding Native Nations: Strategies for Governance and Development is a comprehensive distance-learning course series that provides students with the opportunity to learn about all the various components of Native nation building from people who are actually doing the on-the-ground work of building their nations. The series examines the critical governance and development challenges facing Native nations and surveys the breadth and diversity of Native nation-building efforts across Indian country...

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Toensing, Gale. "Rebuilding Native Nations Builds Leadership." Indian Country Today Media Network. June 7, 2013. Article. (https://ictnews.org/archive/rebuilding-native-nations-builds-leadership, accessed October 18, 2023)

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)

Indian Identity, Choice and Change: What Do You Choose?

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Indian Country Today
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Indigenous individuals and nations are faced with choices about identity, change and cultural continuity. The choices are not just mere faddish expressions but are deep decisions about culture, community, philosophy and personal and national futures. Many indigenous communities are divided over issues of personal identity, cultural and religious values, forms of government, and relations with the nation state. Such divisions are not endemic to indigenous nations, but they are reflections of the forced external colonial value systems and identities, as well as pragmatic choices about changing political, economic and cultural relations within the present-day world...

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Champagne, Duane. "Indian Identity, Choice and Change: What Do You Choose? " Indian Country Today, September 28, 2012. Article. (https://ictnews.org/archive/indian-identity-choice-and-change-what-do-you-choose accessed July 21, 2023)

Stronger Ethics, Stronger Research: Tribal Governance as a Key Community Health Speaker

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Collaborative Research Center for American Indian Health
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2015 CRCAIH Summit Keynote Address by Dr. Malia Villegas, National Congress of American Indians, Policy Research Center. 

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Villegas, Malia. "Stronger Ethics, Stronger Research: Tribal Governance as a Key Community Health Speaker." 3rd Annual Health Research Summit. Collaborative Research Center for American Indian Health. Rapid City, South Dakota. June 11, 2015. Presentation. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vk82CasQJhE, accessed January 22, 2024)

Gregory Cajete: Rebuilding Sustainable Indigenous Communities: Applying Native Science

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Portland Community College
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Dr. Gregory Cajete spoke as part of the "Alternative Forms of Knowledge Construction in Mathematics and Science" lecture series in Portland, Oregon which is co-sponsored by Portland State University and Portland Community College. The series features guest speakers who examine forms of mathematical and scientific practice in a variety of cultural settings.

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Cajete, Gregory. "Rebuilding Sustainable Indigenous Communities: Applying Native Science." Alternative Forms of Knowledge Construction in Mathematics and Science Lecture Series. Portland Community College. Cascade Campus. Portland, Oregon. May 19, 2011. Presentation. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wg5h7Fd0Bio, accessed May 30, 2023)