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Breaking Into The Intergovernmental Matrix: The Lumbee Tribe's Efforts To Secure Federal Acknowledgment, David E. Wilkins

Jepson School of Leadership Studies articles, book chapters and other publications

This article discusses the concept of political recognition (both federal and state) of Indian tribes; explains the difference between administrative and legislative recognition; examines who is or should be empowered to extend federal recognition, the Congress or the executive branch; discusses the major factors that have compelled the Lumbees to seek federal recognition when they were already acknowledged by the state; and examines the major factors that have precluded them from securing complete federal recognition.

Who's In Charge Of U.S. Indian Policy?: Congress And The Supreme Court At Loggerheads Over American Indian Religious Freedom, David E. Wilkins

Jepson School of Leadership Studies articles, book chapters and other publications

The federal government's three branches—executive, legislative, judicial, and that unwieldy mass known simply as "the bureaucracy" have, during the last half-decade—1987-1991—produced a dizzying crop of laws, policies, proclamations, regulations, and court decisions which have served simultaneously to 1) reaffirm tribal sovereignty; 2) permit and encourage greater state interference within Indian Country; 3) enhance federal legislative authority over tribes; and 4) deny constitutional free-exercise protections both to individual Indians and to tribes.

On the legislative side, Congress has established the experimental Tribal Self-Governance Demonstration Project which is a major step towards restoring the tribal right of self-determination, and is discussing the …

Internal Tribal Fragmentation: An Examination Of A Normative Model Of Democratic Decision-Making, David E. Wilkins

Jepson School of Leadership Studies articles, book chapters and other publications

A recent commentary by Gerald A. Alfred in the spring 1991 edition of the Northeast Indian Quarterly dealt with a subject matter which is either ignored or radically exaggerated when it is broached in Indian Country: political fragmentation (or segments or cleavages) and ideological conflict within North American Indian tribes and the ramifications of such internal conflict on tribal identity.

This paper, after restating Alfred's major points about Mohawk segmentation at Kahnawake, describes and then analyzes a viable alternative democratic decision-making model which has been specifically designed to address the problems of how not only to restore, but also to …

[Introduction To] Diné Bibeehaz'aanii: A Handbook Of Navajo Government, David E. Wilkins

Bookshelf

The Diné (Navajos) inhabit a vast land of beauty and grace. It is a sprawling territory, bounded by sacred mountains and great rivers. The Navajo Reservation, first delineated in the 1868 treaty, has nearly quadrupled in size since then through some twenty-five additions. Today, the Diné land base is some 25,000 square miles (sixteen million acres roughly), encompassing a large portion of northeastern Arizona, a part of northwester New Mexico, and some 1,900 square miles in southeastern Utah. This tremendous stretch of land, the largest Indian reservation in the county, is slightly larger than the state of West Virginia.

Navajo …

Diné Bibee Haz' Áanii: An Analysis Of The Navajo Political System, David E. Wilkins

Jepson School of Leadership Studies articles, book chapters and other publications

The Diné (Navajo) people have a representative/legislative form of government modeled loosely after the American system. The present governmental structure, established in 1938 by the Secretary of Interior, is outlined in the Navajo Tribal Code. This article encompasses the background of the Code, describes the efforts of tribal and federal officials to enact a tribal constitution, and discusses the key functions of government: legislative, executive and judicial. It also examines the various subunits of government operating within the reservation. Finally, it contains recommendations that, if enacted, could strengthen and legitimize Navajo government.

Ua97/1 Opinion Of The Court, Ogden College Trustees, Warren County Circuit Court

WKU Administration Documents

Typescript of the opinion of the court in case No. 3897 Cooper R. Smith, Regent of Ogden College et al vs. Douglas Smith, et al regarding integration of WKU campus and the stipulations of Robert Ogden's will.

Truman's Move Made Illegally, Francis G. Fink

Ina and Noel Harris Collection

Newspaper article clipping of an letter to the editor.

Keywords include:

Francis G. Fink, Chariman

Communist Party

First Congressional District

Santa Rosa, California

-North Atlantic Pact

-Johnson

-Dulles

-McArthur

-Bradley

-Korea

-A-Bomb

-South Korea

-Frank Bartholomew

-N.Y. Herald Tribune

Vote For Albert J. "Mickie" Lima Candidate For City Council 5th Ward, Eureka Branch

Ina and Noel Harris Collection

Pamphlet issued by Eureka Communist party advocating for canndidate Albert Lima of the 5th ward. Outlines his program for the people, the independent role government should play, red baiting and reasons for communist party entering the Eureka City Election Campaign.

Endorsed by; EUREKA BRANCH, COMMUNIST PARTY OF THE U.S.A. Election Campaign Headquarters, 1404 Albee St.