Editorials
It’s time to settle Cobell
 It’s true that $1.4 billion is a long way from $50 billion. Read more » Past EditorialsInternational human relations
In North America, there were thousands of treaties, many of them negotiated in the early colonial period. The early treaties were made under Indian protocols and are often called treaties of peace or friendship. The agreements established trust, regularized relations, and good will between the colonists and specific Indian nations. For the Indians, treaties were sacred agreements that were designed to establish and maintain respect between nations. The Indians knew the Europeans were culturally different, but the treaties enabled both groups to carry on their own ways. Read more » 21st century Indian policy
What should Indian policy in the 21st century look like? Around the world, indigenous peoples have generally similar views and expression of their needs. Indigenous peoples want greater cultural and political autonomy from the nation states that surround them. Most indigenous communities do not want to reject or destabilize nation states, but rather establish more consensual or democratic relations that enable tribal communities to govern, make economic decisions, practice culture and language. Read more » Out with old Indian policies
How can we evaluate the achievements of Indian policy during the 20th century? If we look only at common social and economic indicators, American Indians rank among the worst groups in the United States in terms of health, education, employment and wealth. About a quarter of American Indian families remain in poverty, although this figure is better than throughout most of the century. Many Indian communities remain engulfed in crime, alcohol and drug consumption, high rates of suicide, and high rates of jail incarceration. By any measure, the statistics that come out of Indian country suggest people and communities in distress. Read more » Researching violence, recovering responsibility
Recently, the U.S. attorney general appointed members to the Violence Against Women in Indian Country Task Force. The primary purpose of the task force is to assist the National Institute of Justice to establish a research program focused on developing reliable information about violence against Native women including domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, stalking and murder. Read more » Barreiro: Immigration issue sparks American racism
Perhaps the flare-up of the immigration issue started out more legitimately. Certainly there are serious problems with waves of hundreds of thousands of people entering any country illegally. But like the head of a monstrous snake coming out of a thorny bush, the issue has grown its own nasty viper. Immigration has become the new magnet of American racism. Read more » 
Tribes, states must manage concurrent powers
The Soboba Band of Luiseño Indians has a long history of upholding its political sovereignty. It also has a long history of legal actions and encounters with state and county authorities. Police refer to the Soboba reservation as “hostile Indian country” to this day. After the most recent shooting incident of several since 2002, Soboba chairman Robert Salgado reported county police did not respect his authority, and did not cooperate with him as the reservation’s elected leader. Read more » |
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