Studies and Journal Articles
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 …
2010 Paper: American Indian Self-Determination: The Political Economy of a Policy that Works
Excerpt: “federal promotion of tribal self-government under formal policies known as ‘self-determination’ is turning out to be, after a century or more of failed efforts to improve the lives of the U.S. indigenous people, the only strategy that has worked.”
1988- Goals, Institutions and the BIA: Problems with Federal Indian Policy
“This paper examines the nature of the Federal-Indian relationship and contends that most problems in Indian policy are deeper than problems with the BIA. Specifically, this paper argues that the absence of clear goals and mission for Indian policy coupled with federal institutions, namely Congress and the BIA, which are fundamentally designed to be more …
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2015- Processes of Native Nationhood: The Indigenous Politics of Self-Government
“Over the last three decades, Indigenous peoples in the CANZUS countries (Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the United States) have been reclaiming self-government as an Indigenous right and practice. In the process, they have been asserting various forms of Indigenous nationhood. This article argues that this development involves a common set of activities on the …
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