Other Studies and Articles

2021 – Bridges to a New Era: A Report on the Past, Present, and Potential Future of Tribal Co-Management on Federal Public Lands

INTRODUCTION Fifty years ago, the United States took important but divergent steps to fundamentally reshape its relationship with Native Nations and its management of federal public lands. On July 8, 1970, President Nixon delivered a Special Message to the Congress on Indian Affairs. The President’s message marked the culmination of a years-long and major shift …

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2019- Incomplete Sovereigns: Unpacking Patterns of Indigenous Self-Governance in the United States and Canada

In the early 1970s, both the Canadian and United States federal governments introduced modern land claim agreements as a first step forward in the states’ recognition of Indigenous goals for self-determination. Since then, both the United States and Canadian federal governments have incrementally expanded their recognition of Indigenous rights to include Indigenous goals for political …

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