ICT - Opinion - Editorials http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/opinion/editorials RSS Feed for ICT - Opinion - Editorials en-us Fri, 05 Feb 2010 14:43:56 GMT Tribes finding way to economic prosperity http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/opinion/editorials/83636217.html Economic development is one of the great challenges of contemporary indigenous peoples. The world has become a globalized marketplace, and most contemporary economic sustainability requires access to markets, but also the ability to own and profit from significant scale production according to the demands of the market. Indian peoples have long been associated with the processes of market globalization. Justice crucial to tribal sustainability http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/opinion/editorials/83025007.html One of the primary responsibilities of government is to provide justice to its constituent community. There is always much discussion about tribal sovereignty, but very little talk about justice. Justice within the community creates fairness and respect. Good news for Indian schools http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/opinion/editorials/82377247.html A Minnesota congresswoman, together with a national Indian association, deserve kudos for working to address an oversight in the Recovery Act that has prevented Bureau of Indian Education schools from accessing stimulus funding. Indigenous governments more than a nation of citizens http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/opinion/editorials/81704017.html The terms citizen and member are not entirely good fits for Indian country. Contemporary discussion emphasizes nation building, constitutions and tribal sovereignty, and some communities have taken up the term of citizens to describe their members. Certainly the discussion of political sovereignty, treaty rights, and the rights of nations are part of the current direction in Indian affairs. This discussion is in many ways influenced by U.S. legal cases and the legal discussions of U.S. and Indian law. Researching violence, recovering responsibility http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/opinion/editorials/27273994.html 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. Barreiro: Immigration issue sparks American racism http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/opinion/editorials/27094339.html 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. Tribes, states must manage concurrent powers http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/opinion/editorials/27907284.html 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.