Vol. XV, No. 3 ______ Fall, 2004

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ISN and IPJ information
Upcoming Events
Ongoing Activities
International Activities
Indian & Indigenous Developments
International Developments

Dialoguing:

George Benge, "BIA Should Be Forced to Open Tribal Recognition Case Files."
Testimony of Cindy La Marr, President, National Indian Education Association, Before the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs on the No Child Left Behind Act.
Letter from Bert Gunn on the State of the World.
Stephen M. Sachs, "Freedom of Native Religion from Congressional Action."

Articles:

Robert Capriccioso, "Freedom of the (Tribal) Press? Increasing Numbers of Indian Journalists Calling for Change."
Andrew Webster, "Aboriginal Impacts Of A Federal Conservative Canadian Government."
Michael (Mickey) Posluns, Ph.D., "Prospects for First Nations in the New Canadian Parliament."
Ignacio W. Ochoa, "A Brief History of The Mixtec Language Academy."

Media Notes
Useful Web Sites

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Co-Editors:
Steve Sachs, 4820 N. Broadway St., Indianapolis, IN 46204, Ph./Fax: (317)923-5965, ssachs@earthlink.net.
Anne McCulloch, Columbia College, 1301 Columbia College Dr., Columbia, SC 29203, (803)786-3628 - Fax: 786-3393, amcculloch@colacoll.edu.
Paula Mohan, Political Science Department, 305 Salisbury Hall, University of Wisconsin at Whitewater, Whitewater, WI 53190 (262)472-5772 (o), (608)233-2812(h), mohanp@mail.uww.edu.
Phil Bellfy, American Indian Studies Program, Michigan State University, 262 Bessey Hall, East Lansing MI 48824, bellfy@msu.edu.
Ignacio Ochoa, Nahual Foundation, P.O. box 800, La Jolla, CA 92038 (858)643-9880,
ignacio.ochoa@nahualfoundation.org, www.nahualfoundation.org
Michael Posluns, ,St.Thomas University (STU), Fredericton, NB, E3B SG3. (705)857-1095, C:(416)995-8613, Toronto: (416)656-8613, Fax:(416)656-2715 mposluns@accglobal.net.

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DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS FOR THE NEXT ISSUE IS APRIL 8
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INDIGENOUS POLICY PLANS FOR 2005 - WE INVITE YOUR HELP AND INPUT

This journal is now available on the web with e-mail notification of new issues at no charge. Indigenous Policy puts out two regular issues a year (Spring and Fall) with Steve Sachs, Paula Mohan, Phil Bellfy, Anne McCulloch, Ignacio Ochoa and Michael Posluns as Coeditors. We are seeking additional editors, columnists and commentators for regular issues, and editors or editorial groups for special issues, and short articles for each issue.

Jeff Corntassel and colleagues put together a special winter 2002 issue with a focus on “federal recognition and Indian Sovereignty at the turn of the century.” We had a special issue on international indigenous affairs last summer. We invite short articles, reports, announcements and reviews of meetings, media and media, programs and events, and short reports of news, commentary and exchange of views, as well as willingness to put together special issues.

Send us your thoughts and queries about issues and interests and replies can be printed in the next issue and/or made by e-mail. In addition, we will carry ISN news and business so that these pages can be a source of ISN communication and dialoguing in addition to circular letters and annual meetings at APSA. This issue carries a continuing series of columns by Michael Posluns of York University, on Canadian First Nations developments and by Ignacio Ochoa on Latin American Indigenous issues. In addition to being the newsletter/journal of the Indigenous Studies Network, we collaborate with the Native American Studies Section of the Western Social Science Association (WSSA) and provide a dialoguing vehicle for all our readers. This is your newsletter. Please let us know if you would like to see more, additional, different, or less coverage of certain topics, or a different approach or format.

Our process is for submissions to go to Steve Sachs, who drafts each regular issue. Unsigned items are by Steve. Anne McCulloch, Paula Mohan Phil Bellfy, Ignacio Ochoa and Michael Posluns then make editing suggestions to Steve. Phil puts this Journal on the web,

ISN 2004-05 COORDINATING COUNCIL:
Randy Akee, akee@fas.harvard.edu
Marie-Claire Antoine, marieclaire.antoine@taylorandfrancis.com
Phil Bellfy., bellfy@msu.edu. COEDITOR
Barbara Bixby, bixby@email.arizona.edu
Michael Brintnal, brintnal@naspaa.org
Dave Colnic, colnic@u.arizona.edu
Renee Cramer, rcramer@csulb.edu
Stephanie Di alto, sdialto@mac.com
Susan Grogan, segrogan@smcm.edu, (240)895-4205
Luke Jones, jones.luke@epa.gov, (202)285-3199
Anne McCulloch, amcculloch@colacoll.edu, (803)786-362 COEDITOR
Paula Mohan, mohanp@mail.uww.edu, (262)472-1120, CO-EDITOR
Maggi Murdock, murdock@uwyo.edu, (307)268-2713
Sharon O'Brien, obrien@eagle.cc.ukans.edu, (785)864-2661
Ignacio Ochoa, 92038, ignacio.ochoa@nahualfoundation.org, (858)643-9880, CO-EDITOR
Jeff Peterson, petersgd@uwec.edu
Michael Posluns, mposluns@accglobal.net . (705)857-1095, C:416)995-8613 CO-EDITOR
Stephen Sachs, ssachs@earthlink.net (317)924-5965, COORDINATOR, COORDINATING EDITOR
Christine Sneller, csneller@sneller.co
Carol Tebben, tebben@uwp.edu (262)595-2067
Darlene Williams, WilliamD@EastWestCenter.org, PROGRAM COORDINATOR
Dale Turner, dale.turner.edu
Franke Wilmer, upofh@gemini.oscs.montanta.edu, (406)994-5246.

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