By Sherry Salway Black (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) The health disparities of Indigenous Peoples in the United States are numerous and pressing, and offer a significant policy challenge to the next Congress and Presidential Administration. Both must be committed to honoring the long-standing treaty obligations that the United States has to provide adequate … [Read more...] about “Health Care and Indigenous Peoples* in the United States” by Michael Yellow Bird (November-December 2008 P&R Issue)
“Joint Resolution of Apology to Native People” by John Dossett (November-December 2008 P&R Issue)
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)
