By John Dossett (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) Over the past several sessions of Congress, several Senators and Representatives have introduced a Congressional Resolution “to acknowledge a long history of official depredations and ill-conceived policies by the United States Government regarding Indian tribes and offer an apology to all Native Peoples on … [Read more...] about “Joint Resolution of Apology to Native People” by John Dossett (November-December 2008 P&R Issue)
“American Indian Tribes and Structural Racism” by Sherry Salway Black (November-December 2008 P&R Issue)
By Sherry Salway Black (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) American Indian tribes and people face circumstances unique to any other racial or ethnic group in the United States. No other racial or ethnic group has as the basis of its relationship with the U.S. a legal framework of treaties, executive orders, judicial rulings and laws spanning centuries. This legal … [Read more...] about “American Indian Tribes and Structural Racism” by Sherry Salway Black (November-December 2008 P&R Issue)
“Housing America’s Native People” by Wendy L. Helgemo (November-December 2008 P&R Issue)
By Wendy Helgemo (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) The sun shines most days of the year on the adobe homes of a Pueblo outside of Albuquerque, New Mexico. Some have no running water. Some have foundation falling away, letting daylight in through the cracks. Some are bright, sprawling ramblers—all new construction. A thunderstorm rolls in over a green valley … [Read more...] about “Housing America’s Native People” by Wendy L. Helgemo (November-December 2008 P&R Issue)
“Tribal Self-Government in the United States” by John Dossett (November-December 2008 P&R Issue)
By John Dossett (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) More than 560 federally-recognized Indian Nations (variously called tribes, nations, bands, pueblos, communities, native villages) exist in the United States. Some 226 of these are located in Alaska; the rest are located in 34 other states. Indian Nations are ethnically, culturally and linguistically … [Read more...] about “Tribal Self-Government in the United States” by John Dossett (November-December 2008 P&R Issue)
“The Kerner Commission: Remembering, Forgetting and Truth-Telling” by Bruce R. Thomas (July-August 2008 P&R Issue)
By Bruce R. Thomas (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) The National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders (NACCD) released its report 40 years ago—on March 1, 1968. The NACCD was popularly known as the Kerner Commission, after its chair, Governor Otto Kerner of Illinois. The Vice-Chair was New York City Mayor John Lindsay. Kerner was a Democrat, Lindsay a … [Read more...] about “The Kerner Commission: Remembering, Forgetting and Truth-Telling” by Bruce R. Thomas (July-August 2008 P&R Issue)