Past, Present, and Future

Seven leading thinkers on the presentation of Native American history and contemporary cultures discuss how the essential ideas behind the creation of the National Museum of the American Indian initially were implemented and potentially could evolve. In addition to honoring the leadership and contributions of the museum’s founding director, W. Richard West, Jr., the authors explore such topics as repatriation, the representation of Native voices in exhibitions and programs, and the museum’s ongoing effort to develop its intellectual authority. Synthesizing the papers presented at a symposium of the same name hosted by the museum in October 2007, Past, Present, and Future takes a candid look at the National Museum of the American Indian’s complex genesis and future challenges

Organizational Change and Conflict: A Case Study of the Bureau of Indian Affairs

The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) is one of the most important institutions in contemporary Native American affairs. During most of the present century BIA officials have had direct administrative control over most local reservation institutions such as education, law enforcement, resource management and others. Historically, reservation tribal governments have had little decision-making power over goals and policies that affect their people. The primary task of this paper is to evaluate the effect of several reform movements that challenged BIA domination over Native American reservation communities during the seventies. An examination is made of the impact of local reservation groups, administrative organizations and legislative changes on the structure and functions of the BIA. Attempts to gain control of reservation institutions by reservation groups and reorganization efforts from within the executive branch have failed to force the BIA to relinquish its bureaucratic domination over reservation communities. The most effective means for forcing change on the BIA came from congressional legislation in the form of the Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act of 1975. Even this reform could not break the continued domination of BIA bureaucracy over local reservation institutions, since the Act was weakened both by the absence of sufficient financial and organizational resources among tribal governments and by bureaucratic opposition that developed in the area offices. A primary factor underlying BIA resistance to organizational change appears to be the area directors’ bureaucratic autonomy and power, which enables them to consolidate tribal political support and block reforms of BIA structure that threaten their control over organizational resources

Past, Present, and Future

Seven leading thinkers on the presentation of Native American history and contemporary cultures discuss how the essential ideas behind the creation of the National Museum of the American Indian initially were implemented and potentially could evolve. In addition to honoring the leadership and contributions of the museum’s founding director, W. Richard West, Jr., the authors explore such topics as repatriation, the representation of Native voices in exhibitions and programs, and the museum’s ongoing effort to develop its intellectual authority. Synthesizing the papers presented at a symposium of the same name hosted by the museum in October 2007, Past, Present, and Future takes a candid look at the National Museum of the American Indian’s complex genesis and future challenges

Native Americans and the criminal justice system /

Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-265) and index.Native Americans, criminal justice, criminological theory, and policy development / Jeffrey Ian Ross and Larry Gould -- Navajo criminal justice : a Jungian perspective / Marilyn Holly -- Criminalizing culture : an anthropologist looks at Native Americans and the U.S. legal system / Dorothy H. Bracey -- Justice as phoenix : traditional indigenous law, restorative justice, and the collapse of the state / James W. Zion -- The link between environmental policy and the colonization process and its effects on American Indian involvement in crime, law, and society / Linda Robyn and Thom Alcoze -- Alcoholism, colonialism, and crime / Larry Gould -- Examining the interpretation and application of the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 / Tracey M. Bouvier -- Law enforcement and the American Indian : challenges and obstacles to effective law enforcement / Eileen Luna-Firebaugh and Samuel Walker -- Policing Native Americans off the rez / Jeffrey Ian Ross -- Imprisonment and American Indian medicine ways : a comparative analysis of conflicting cultural beliefs, values, and practices / William G. Archambeault -- Criminalization of the treaty right to fish : response of the Great Lakes Chippewa / Linda Robyn -- Indian gaming and the American Indian criminal justice system / Nicholas C. Peroff -- Research on juvenile delinquency in Indian communities : resisting generalization / Lisa Bond-Maupin, Taka X. GoodTracks, and James R. Maupin -- Recent trends in community-based strategies for dealing with juvenile crime in the Navajo nation / Marianne O. Nielsen, Dorothy Fulton, and Ivan Tsosie -- Scattered like reindeer : Alaska natives and the loss of autonomy / Nella Lee -- Integrating the past, present, and future / Larry Gould and Jeffrey Ian Ross