MEDIA NOTES

Winona LaDuke, RECOVERING THE SACRED: The Power of Naming and Claiming dissects the intertwined economic, political, and philosophical factions working against Native peoples and elucidates broader issues of political marginalization, cultural theft, and other human rights violations, while illuminating the creativity and determination achieving progress in communities across the nation, from the Tohono O'ohdam in the Southwest to the Mohawk in the Northeast. The volume is $18.00 paper, $40.00 cloth , from South End Press, 7 Brookline Street, Cambridge, MA 02139, (800)533-8478, southend@southendpress.org, (800)533-8478 www.southendpress.org.

Andrea Smith, Conquest: Sexual Violence and American Indian Genocide is $18 paper, $40 cloth from South End Press (800)533-8478, www.southendpress.org/order/review.shtml.

Andrew Garrod and Colleen Larimore, Forward by Louise Erdrich, First Person, First People: Native American College Graduates Tell their Life Stories is $19.95, paper, plus $5 first item, $1 each additional, from Cornell University Press, Sage House, 512 e. State St., Ithaca, NY 14850 (607)277-2388, orderbook@CUPServ.org, www.conellpress.cornell.edu.

John Glover, Tribal Sovereigns of South Dakota: A Description of Contemporary Sioux Governments is published by Chiesman Foundation for Democracy.

Veronica  Tiller, Tiller's Guide to Indian Country, Second Edition, expanded to 1136 pp. including information on 562 tribes in 33 states concerning tribal government, economics, tribal lands, treaty status, executive orders, allotted and tribally owned lands,  media and tribal web sites, Harvard Project on Indian Economic Development honoring of Indian nations, and other information, is published, with a CD version of the book, by the University of New Mexico Press, For more information go to: httrp//:tillerreseach.com.

Clear Light Books offers and extensive Native American listing including: Frederick e. Hoxie, Ed., Encyclopedia of North American Indians: Native American History, Culture and Life from Palwo-Indians to the Present (764 pp. for $45 cloth); Robert W. Venables, American Indian History: Five Centuries of Conflict and Coexistence, Vol. I, Conquest of a Continent, 1492-1783 (344 pp. for $24.95 paper), Vol. II, Confrontation, Adoption & Assimilation, 1783-Present (432 pp. for $24.95), (2 Volume set for $29.95); Bruce E. Johnson, Debating Democracy: Native American Legacy and Freedom (221 pp. for $24.95 cloth); Donald A. Grinde and Bruce E. Johnson, Ecocide of Native America: Environmental Destruction of Indian Lands and Peoples (320 pp. for $24.95 cloth, $14.95 paper); Shepard Krech III, The Ecological Indian: Myth and History (320 pp. for $14.95 paper); Gregory Cajete, Ed., A People’s Ecology: Explorations in Sustainable Living (296 pp. for $14.95); Susan Guyette, Planning for Balanced Development: A Guide for Native American and Rural Communities (328 pp. for $14.95 paper, $24.95 cloth); Joe S. Sando, Jemez Pueblo & Herman Agoyo, San Juan Pueblo, Eds., with contributions by Cliff Fragua, Jemez Pueblo, Theodore S. Jojola, Isleta Pueblo. Alfonso Ortiz, San Juan Pueblo, Simon J. Ortiz, Acoma Pueblo and Joe Suina, Cochiti Pueblo, Poípay: Leader of the First American Revolution)160 pages for $14.95); Marcia Keegan, Pueblo People: Ancient Traditions, Modern Lives (264 pp. for $39.95 cloth), Ruth M. Boyer and Narcissus D. Gayton, Apache Mothers and Daughters: Four Generations of a Family (416 pp. for $19.95 paper); Doug George-Kanentiio, Iroquois Culture and Commentary (224 pp. for $14.95 paper); Joseph Marshall III, On Behalf of the Wolf and the First Peoples (256 pp. for $13.95), all from Clear Light Publishing, 823 Don Diego, Santa Fe, NM 87505 (800)253-2747, order@clearlightbooks.com, www.clearlightbooks.com.

The offerings from the University of Kansas Press include Philip J. Deloria, Indians in Unexpected Places, a history of Indian modernity (300 pp. for $24.95 cloth); Richard A. Grounds, George E. Tinker and David L. Wilkins, Eds., Native Voices: American Indian Identity and Resistance (534 pp. for $29.95 cloth); Patricia Nelson Limerick, Clyde A. Milner II and Charles E. Rankin, Eds., Toward a New Western History (296 pp. for $17.95 cloth); Brian W. Dippie, The Vanishing Americans: White Attitudes and U.S. Indian Policy (426 pp. for $15.95); David Wallace Adams, Education for Extinction: American Indian Boarding School Experience, 1875-1928 (396 pp. for $17.95 paper); Marilyn Irvin Holt, Indian Orphanages (326 pp. for $19.95 paper, $34.95 cloth); Bonnie-Lynn-Sherow, Red Earth: Race and Agriculture in Oklahoma Territory (192 pp. for $29.95 cloth); Eliot West, The Contested Plains: Indians, Gold Seekers, and the Rush to Colorado (442 pp. for $16.95 paper, $34.95 cloth); and Susan A. Miller, Coacoochee’s Bones: A Seminole Saga (260 pp. for $34.95 cloth), all plus $3.50 for first item and $1 for each additional shipping, from the University of Kansas Press, 2501 Bob Billings Parkway, Lawrence, KS 66049 (785)864-4155, upress@ku.edu, www.kansaspress.ku.edu.

Indian law volumes from the Carolina Academic Press include: Kathryn R.L. Rand and Stephen Andrew Light, Indian Gaming Law and Policy; Robert Odawi Porter, Sovereignty, Colonialism and the Future of Indigenous Nations (806 pp. for $75); Judith V. Royster and Michael C. Blumm, Native American Natural Resource Law: Cases and Materials (616 pp. for $80); Lawrence Watters, Ed., Indigenous Peoples, the Environment and the Law (460 pp. for $45); and Joseph Dupris, Kathleen Hill and William H. Rodgers, Jr., The Si’Lailo Way: Tradition and Sustainability and Western Law, all plus $6 for first item, from Carolina Academic Press, Orders Department, 700 Kent St., Durham, NC 27701 (919)489-7486, www.caplaw.com.

Charles Wilkerson, Blood Struggle: The Rise of Modern Indian Nations is $26.95 cloth from W.W. Norton & Company in New York.

David R. Beck, The Struggle for Self-Determination: History of the Menominee Indians since 1854 is available from University of Nebraska Press.

Robert A. Williams, Jr., Like a Loaded Weapon: The Rehnquist Court, Indian Rights and the Legal History of Racism in America, is 312 pp. for $18.95 paper, $59.95 cloth, plus $4.50 for first item and $1 for each additional, from University of Minnesota Press, c/o Chicago Distribution Center. 11030 S. Langley Ave., Chicago, IL 60628 (800)621-2736, pubnet@202-5280, www.upress.umn.edu.

The World Indigenous Higher Education Consortium (WINHEC) Journal is an online publication, at: http://www.win-hec.org/. dedicated to exploration and advancement of issues related to Indigenous education, culture and language faced by WINHEC nations and members. It's "Inaugural Edition," recently posted, has the theme of Indigenous Knowledge. In the development and planning of this edition it seemed appropriate that in this journey of exploration of indigenous issues that we first discuss the foundations of Indigeneity.

The papers of LaDonna Harris and Americans for Indian Opportunity that had been stored at NAES College in Chicago, have been moved to the University on New Mexico Center for Southwest studies Library, in Albuquerque. Other Harris and AIO papers are in the University of Oklahoma Library, while the more recent papers are still at AIO in Albuquerque.

CHIAPAS MEDIA PROJECT (CMP)/Promedios, enabling marginalized indigenous and campesino communities in Southern Mexico to create their own media. CMP/Promedios, is currently distributing 22 indigenous produced videos worldwide. Recent videos available for screening or purchase include: We are Equal: Zapatista Women Speak (Spanish and Tzeltal with English subtitles, 18 minutes, 2004), consisting of Zapatista women speak about what their lives were like before the uprising in 1994 and how their lives have changed since, in a critical look at gender relations within the Zapatista communities - how far women have come and how far they still need to go; Water and Autonomy (Spanish and Tzeltal with English subtitles, 14:12 minutes, 2003), showing the serious problem of many indigenous communities in Chiapas having no access to potable water and how the Zapatista communities are solving it through solidarity and training from internationals many communities facilitating their building their own water systems; Caracoles: New Paths of Resistances (Spanish with English subtitles, 42 minutes, 2003), depicting the death of the Aguascalientes and the birth of the Caracoles and the Good Government Assembly, with various members of the Zapatista leadership discussing how these changes will affect internal political and economic processes, gender relations, and their relationship to international civil society; and Eyes on What’s Inside: The Militarization of Guerrero (Tlapaneco and Spanish with English subtitles, 2004), examining the economic, social and political factors that lead to the rapes of two indigenous women from the montaña region of Guerrero by Mexican soldiers, the destabilizing effects of the unconstitutional military presence on indigenous communities, and how the increasing poverty/marginalization of the population has contributed to the formation of armed guerilla groups and the presence of narco-trafficking, and the story of the Organization of Indigenous People Me phaa (OIPM) and of many indigenous communities in Guerrero.  Discussed. For more information call Alex or Aasia at 773-583-7728, cmp@chiapasmediaproject.org, www.chiapasmediaproject.org.

The National Indian Live Talk Radio Show, broadcast every Wednesday 3:00-4:00pm Pacific Time can also be heard on line at: www.worldtalkradio.com. Callers and e-mails are welcome at: (888)514-2100, aim@aimsandiego.org.

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Useful Web Sites

 CELANEN: A Journal of Indigenous Governance was launched, this winter, by the Indigenous Governance Program at the University of Victoria, at: http://web.uvic.ca/igov/research/journal/index.htm. CELANEN (pronounced CHEL-LANG-GEN) is a Saanich word for "our birthright, our ancestry, sovereignty" and sets the tone for this annual publication containing articles, poetry, and commentary. The first issue is dedicated to Art Tsaqwassupp Thompson (Ditidaht), who donated his artwork entitled "new beginnings" for use by the Indigenous Governance Program.

The Indigenous News Network list, put out by Andre Cramblit, is an E-mail communication tool, first and foremost, to disseminate information about critical issues and action requests, highlighting important people, traditions, and events in the lives of Native people.  The list also occasionally makes readers think, reflect, smile and even laugh out loud. It regularly provides helpful information for this journal. To subscribe E-mail:  IndigenousNewsNetwork@topica.com or andre.p.cramblit.86@alum.dartmouth.org. This list has been very helpful in compiling issues of IPJ.    

Native Research Network is at: http://www.aaip.com/nrnet/nrn.html. Its vision statement is: "A leadership community of American Indian, Alaska Native, Kanaka Maoli, and Canadian Aboriginal persons promoting integrity and excellence in research". Its mission is "To provide a pro-active network of American Indian, Alaska Native, Kanaka Maoli, and Canadian Aboriginal persons to promote and advocate for high quality research that is collaborative, supportive and builds capacity, and to promote an environment for research that operates on the principles of integrity, respect, trust, ethics, cooperation and open communication in multidisciplinary fields". The Native Research Network (NRN) provides networking and mentoring opportunities, a forum to share research expertise, sponsorship of research events, assistance to communities and tribes, and enhanced research communication. The NRN places a special emphasis on ensuring that research with Indigenous people is conducted in a culturally sensitive and respectful manner. Its Member List serve: NRN@lists.apa.org.

The National Indian Housing Council offers a number of reports at: http://www.naihc.indian.com/.

The American Indian Studies Consortium is at:  http://www.cic.uiuc.edu/programs/AmericanIndianStudiesConsortium

The few scientific studies that have focused on American Indian and Alaska Native infants, toddlers, and young children, mostly in the education assessment and health, since the 1980s are in an  ERIC publication (Identifier:  ED482326) by Patricia Cahape, Demmert and William G., Jr. on Rural Education and Small Schools available at: http://www.ericdigests.org/2005-1/indian.htm.

Some news sources that have been useful in putting the issues of Indigenous Policy together are:

Indian Country Today: http://www.indiancountry.com/index.cfm?key=15.

News from Indian Country: http://www.indiancountrynews.com/.

The Navajo Times: http://www.navajotimes.com/.

Survival International: http://www.survival-international.org/.

Cultural Survival: http://209.200.101.189/publications/win/.

The Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development offers a number of reports at http://www.ksg.harvard.edu/hpaied/res_main.htm.

American Indian Issues: An Introductory and Curricular Guide for Educators, made possible by the American Indian Civics Project (AICP), a project initially funded by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation's Native American Higher Education Initiative, provides the tools to educate secondary students - Indian and non-native alike - about the historical and contemporary political, economic, and social characteristics of sovereign tribal nations throughout the United States. Small files can be printed directly, while complete copies of larger documents - such as the lesson plans - or any of the appendices to the lesson plans, can be accessed and printed in PDF. To access the web site, go to:  http://sorrel.humboldt.edu/~go1/kellogg/PDFarchive.html.

The Northern California Indian Development Council has a web-based archive of traditional images and sounds at: http://www.ncidc.org/.

The World Indigenous Higher Education Consortium (WINHEC) and its Journal are online at: http://www.win-hec.org/. (See the Ongoing Activities Section for more on WINHEC). The WINHEC site includes links to other indigenous organizations and institutions.

A link on Latin American Indigenous Peoples: http://tinyurl.com/8rn7k

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS

The Race & Ethnicity Section of the SWPSA Needs Panel Chairs And Discussants

     The Race & Ethnicity Section of the Southwest Political Science Association (SWPSA) meeting needs panel chairs and discussants for the 2006 meeting in San Antonio, TX, April 12-15th.  Any interested individuals should contact Angela K. Lewis at dralewis@uab.edu.

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Apply for Canada Research Chair - Indigenous Peoples and Sustainable Communities at St. Francis Xavier University

     St. Francis Xavier University invites applications for a Canada Research Chair (Tier 2) in Indigenous Peoples and Sustainable Communities.  We are seeking a scholar with demonstrated strengths in academic performance and the exceptional promise of research excellence. Candidates specializing in Canadian First Nations, especially of the Maritime Provinces, will be given preference. Possible areas of research interest include: indigenous ecological knowledge, ethnohistory, ethnoarchaeology, sustainable community development, indigenous rights, governance and critical environmental anthropology.  The appointment will be made at the assistant or associate professor level.

      The successful candidate will hold a Ph.D. in Anthropology, or a related discipline, and contribute to the development of a vibrant undergraduate program in Anthropology housed in the University's Department of Sociology and Anthropology.  St. Francis Xavier University has a dynamic research environment with faculty working in areas of community-based development, indigenous peoples, fisheries, First Nations governance and public policy and First Nations education.  This research is carried out through partnerships between local First Nations communities and University researchers from the Departments of Sociology and Anthropology, Political Science, Economics and Education, the interdisciplinary programs of Development Studies and Aquatic Resources, the Coady International Institute and Extension Division.  We are seeking a candidate who can complement these existing endeavours and relationships as well as generate new ones. 

     Candidates should submit a letter of application, a curriculum vitae, a long-term research plan, and a sample of scholarly work, as well as a summary of teaching philosophy and experience. Confidential letters from three referees should be sent on the candidate's behalf. Review of applications will begin August 8, 2005.  All application materials and any inquiries should be directed to Dr. Mary McGillivray, Academic Vice-President and Provost, St. Francis Xavier University, P.O. Box 5000, Antigonish, NS, Canada B2G 2W5.  Email: Ms. R. Murray at rmurray@stfx.ca Saint Francis Xavier University is committed to employment equity and welcomes applications from all qualified women and men, including aboriginal people, visible minorities and persons with disabilities.

     St. Francis Xavier University, located in Antigonish, Nova Scotia, is a top-ranked Canadian undergraduate institution. Through its twenty-five academic departments, in addition to its interdisciplinary programs, StFX offers a wide range of undergraduate programs.  The university has a long distinguished history of training top quality undergraduate students and researchers. The Town of Antigonish, a community noted for its quality of life, is only minutes from the rugged coastal beauty of Northern Nova Scotia near Cape Breton Island. (For further information about StFX and the community, please see: www.stfx.ca. <http://www.stfx.ca/> )

    The CRC program, established by the Government of Canada, promotes internationally recognized research excellence. (For further information, please see: www.chairs.gc.ca).

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