Vol. XVII, No. 1______ Spring, 2006

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ISN and IPJ information
Upcoming Events
Ongoing Activities (U.S. Activities, International Activities)
Indian & Indigenous Developments (U.S. Developments, International Developments)

Dialoguing:
Betty Donohue, "Crisis in American Indian Education."
Andre Cramblit, "Assembly Bill 2665 - Indian Education Commission."
“Florida AIM Letter on Florida Alligator’s Editorial Cartoon.”

Articles:
Tim Giago, “Twenty years of change in race and political relations in South Dakota: Notes from Indian Country.”
Stephen M. Sachs, Returning the World to Harmony: Getting to Peace in American Indian Tradition.”
First Peoples Human Rights Coalition, “Essential Vales of an Indigenous Rights Declaration.”
Stephen M. Sachs, “The Self-Contradiction in Some States’ Objection to Indigenous Rights.”

Media Notes: (Useful Web Sites)
Announcements:

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Co-Editors:

Steve Sachs, 1916 San Pedro, NE, Albuquerque, NM 87110 (505)265-9388, ssachs@earthlink.net.    
Paula Mohan, Political Science Department, 305 Salisbury Hall, University of Wisconsin, 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 AUGUST 8

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INDIGENOUS POLICY PLANS FOR 2006-07 - WE INVITE YOUR HELP AND INPUT

  We hope that you are having a fine Summer. This journal is 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), and beginning summer 2006, a summer issue serving as the Proceedings of the Western Social Science Association Meeting American Indian Studies Section, with Steve Sachs, Paula Mohan, Phil Bellfy, 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 summer 2004. 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. 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 publication. 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. Paula Mohan, Phil Bellfy, Ignacio Ochoa and Michael Posluns then make editing suggestions to Steve. Phil puts this Journal on the web.

ISN 2005-06 COORDINATING COUNCIL:

Phil Bellfy, bellfy@msu.edu. COEDITOR
Stephanie Di Alto, sdialto@mac.com, PROGRAM CO-COORDINATOR
Susan Grogan, segrogan@smcm.edu, (240)895-4205
Luke Jones, jones.luke@epa.gov, (202)285-3199
Paula Mohan, mohanp@mail.uww.edu, (262)472-1120, CO-EDITOR
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
Dale Turner, dale.turner.edu
Darlene Williams, WilliamD@EastWestCenter.org, PROGRAM CO-COORDINATOR

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INDIGENOUS WEB PAGE ON RACE ETHNICITY & POLITICS SECTION LINK

  Paula Mohan has constructed the American Indian and International Indigenous webpage on the Race and Ethnic Politics link to the APSA website at http://facstaff.uww.edu/mohanp/nasa.html. She is actively soliciting material for ISN's webpage in the areas of syllabi, directory of scholars, graduate and undergraduate programs, new publications, resources and related areas. Contact her at mohanp@mail.uww.edu.

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COMPILED May 31, 2006