Living Justice Press offers: Kay Pranis, Barry Stuart, and Mark Wedge,
Peacemaking Circles: From Crime to Community, explaining
the talking circle process and how it can be used to resolve
conflicts and crimes by creating alternatives to incarceration:
Wanda M. McCaslin, Ed, Justice As Healing: Indigenous
Ways, a collection of articles on community peacemaking
and restorative justice from the Native Law Centre at the
University of Saskatchewan in Canada; Waziyatawin Angela Wilson,
Ed., In the Footsteps of Our Ancestors: The Dakota Commemorative
Marches of the 21st Century. To order contact Living
Justice Press, 2093 Juliet Ave., St. Paul, MN 55105, (651)695-1008,
LJPress@aol.com, http://www.livingjusticepress.org/.
The University of Arizona Press offerings include: Lawney L. Reyes,
Bernie Whitebear: An Urban Indian's Quest for Justice
(160 pp. for $17.95 paper, $35 cloth); John E. Thorson, Sarah
Britton and Bonnie G. Colby, Eds., Tribal water Rights:
Essays in Contemporary Law, Policy and Economics (304
pp. for $50 cloth and Negotiating Tribal Water Rights:
Fulfilling Promises in the Arid West (192 pp. for
$35 paper); Elizabeth Cook-Lynn, The Power of Horses
and other Stories on the endurance of the Dakotas
subjected to a century of violent Diaspora and displacement
(144 pp. for $15.95); Thomas E. Sheridan, Landscape
of Fraud: Mission Tumacacon, the Baca Float and the Betrayal
of the O'Odham (316 pp., for $35 cloth); Christina
M. Elison and R. Alan Covey, Intermediate Elites in
Pre-Columbian States and Empires (312 pp. for $50
cloth); Alan Sandstrom and E. Hugo Garcia Valencia, Eds.,
Native Peoples of the Gulf Coast of Mexico (336
pp. for $50 cloth); E.N. Anderson, with Aurora Dzib Xihum,
Felix Medina Tzuc and Pastor Valdez Chale, Political
Economy in a Yucatec Maya Economy (264 pp. for $55
cloth); Laura Velasco Ortiz, Mixtec Transitional Identity
(272 pp. for $50 cloth); and Andew Canessa, Ed., Natives
Making Nation: Gender, Indigeneity and the State in the Andes
(208 pp. for $45 cloth; all, plus $3 for the first item and
$2 for each additional, shipping from the University of Arizona
Press, 355 S. Euclid Ave., Suite 103, Tucson, AZ 85719 (800)426-3797.
www.uapress.arizona.edu.
University of Nebraska Press offerings include Joanne Barker, Ed.,
Sovereignty Matters: Locations of Contestations and
Possibility in Indigenous Struggles for Self-Determination
(236 pp. for $29.95); Mark Edwin Miller, Forgotten Tribes:
Unrecognized Indians and the Federal Acknowledgement Process
(368 pp. for $34.95 paper, + cloth); Clifford E. Trafzer,
Jean A. Keller and Lorene Sisque, Eds., Boarding School
Blues: Revisiting American Indian Educational Experience
(320 pp. for $20 paper, $45 cloth); Gregory A. Waselkov, Pete
H. Wood and Tom Hatley, Powhatan's Mantle: Indians in
the Colonial Southeast, revised and updated edition
(544 pp. for 21.95 paper); Charles R. Menzies, Traditional
Ecological Knowledge and Natural Resource Management (288
pp. for $19.95 paper, 45 cloth); Brian Joseph Gilley, Becoming
Two spirit: Gay Identity and Social Acceptance in Indian Country
(232 pp. for $16.95 paper); Jordan E. Kerber, Ed., Cross-Cultural
Collaboration: Native Peoples and Archaeology in the Northeastern
United States (488 pp. for $24.95 paper, $59.95 cloth);
and Lolita Gutierez Brockington, Blacks, Indians and
Spaniards in the Eastern Andes (352 pp. for $45 cloth),
all plus $5 for the first item, $1 for each additional, shipping,
from University of Nebraska Press, P.O. Box 84555, Lincoln,
NE 68501 (800)755-1105, pressmail@unl.edu, www.nebraskapress.unl.edu.
Books from the University Press of New England include: Colin G.
Calloway, Ed., After King Philip's War: Presence and
Persistence in Indian New England (278 pp. for $22.95
paper); and Carla Gardina Pestena and Sharon V. Sallinger,
Eds., Inequality in Early 'America (343 pp.
for $25 paper), all from University Press of New England,
1 Court St., Suite 250, Lebanon, NH 03766 (800)421-1561, www.upne.com.
Jeffrey Ian Ross and Larry Gould, Native Americans and the
Criminal Justice System is 288 pp. for $35 paper,
$69 cloth from Paradigm Publishers, P.O. Box 605, Herndon,
VA 20172 (800)887-1591, www.paradigmpublishers.com.
Steven A. Light and R.L. Rand, Indian
Gaming and Tribal Sovereignty: The Casino Compromise
is $29.95, plus $4 first item, $1 each additional, shipping,
from University of Kansas Press, 2502 Westbrooke Circle, Lawrence,
KS 66045 (785)864-4155, www.kansaspress.ku.edu. Alan Taylor,
The Divided Ground: Indians, settlers and the Northern
Borderland of the American Revolution is 342 pp, for
$35 from Knopf. Andrea Smith, Conquest: Sexual Violence
and American Indian Genocide is produced by South
End Press, Boston, MA. Antonia Mills, Ed., Hang on to
these Words, questions and answers between lawyers
and Native Elder Wisuit en Chief Maxlaxex, is available from
University of Toronto Press. Phil Lane, Jr., Judie Bupp, Michael
Bupp, and Elders, “The Sacred Tree: Code of Ethics,” The
Sacred Tree: Reflections on Native American Spirituality,
Third Edition (National Book Network, 1984), on line at http://www.prayer-network.info/coe/.
Laura M. Ramirez, Keepers of the Children: Native American
Wisdom and Parenting is 208 pp. for $18.95 (ISBN:
09744866105) from Walk in Peace Productions.
Taiaiake Alfred, Wasase: Indigenous Pathways of Action and
Freedom is available from Broadview Press. Barbara
A. Hocking, Ed., Unfinished Constitutional Business?
Rethinking Indigenous Self-Determination is published
by Aboriginal Studies Press. Charles C. Mann, 1491:
New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus is
384 pp. for $30 cloth from Knopf. Nancy Grey Postero and Leon
Zamosc, The Struggle for Indigenous Rights in Latin
America is available from Susex Academic Press, Brighton,
England. Juan Houghton and Beverly Bell, Indigenous
Movements in Latin America is 60 pp., in paper, from
the Center for Economic Justice, 202 Harvard Dr., SE, Albuquerque,
NM 87106, info@economicjustice.net, www.economicjustice.org.
Virgina K. Tiley, Seeing Indians, on the history
of Salvadorian racial thought and nation building, is produced
by University of New Mexico Press. Clive Moore, Happy
Isles in Crises, about the Solomon Islanders, is published
by Asia Pacific Press. Moshe Gammer, The Lone wolf and
the Bear, an exposition of modern Chechen history,
people and culture, is published by University of Pittsburgh,
Press.
The NGO Committee on the United Nations International Decade of the
World's Indigenous Peoples, "Resource Guide for Indigenous
Peoples," listing NGOs and their services is available
from the NGO Committee on the United Nations International
Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, c/o UCTP, P.O. Box
4515, New York, NY 10163 (212)604-4186, ngo_ip_undecade@yahoo.com,
www.ngocongo.org/rnosubs/wip.htm.
My Life Is My Sun Dance: the Prison Writings
of Leonars Peltier is available on CD, read by Harvey Arden,
at: http://cdbaby.com/cd/harveyarden.
The American Philosophical Association Newsletter on American Indian
Philosophy Fall issue will be devoted to commemorating the life, work, and legacy of
Vine Deloria.
The Family Law Section of the American Bar Association has published
The Indian Child Welfare Act Handbook to help
practitioners, social workers, counselors and other professionals
involved with Native American children understand the requirements
of the Act. The handbook is available for $69.95 ($59.95 for
ABA Family Law Section members) plus handling, from the American
Bar Association, Publication Orders, P.O. Box 10892, Chicago,
IL 60610-0892, FAX: (312)988-5522. The order number is 5130067.
The documentary, Reserved Wealth, chronicles the Barona
Band of southern California's rise from poverty to relative
affluence, following one particular family. It was written
and produced by Kevin VanWanseele, who grew up on the Barona
reservation, kevinvan79@mac.com.
A good way to locate the numerous scholarships
available that geared towards American Indians, Native Alaskans
and Native Hawaiians. is to do an internet search on
Google under "Native American Scholarships."
A recent search yielded 298,000 results.
Chiapas Media Project/Promedios Releases offer more than 20 films,
in either English or Spanish, including: Radio Ñonmdaa,
The Word of the Water, concerning the first radio
station to broadcast in the indigenous Amuzgo language, under
the direction of the traditional authorities of Xochistlahuaca,
Guerrero to communicate and disseminate the needs of this
autonomous municipality (Amuzgo and Spanish with English Subtitles,
15 minutes, Individual: $20, University/Institutional: $70);
The Land Belongs to Those who Work it discusses
the situation in the town of Bolon Aja'aw, located in the
north of the state near the famous Agua Azul river system.
The federal government sold the land in Bolon aja'aw to a
private company to create an eco-tourism center without the
permission of the community members. The video documents a
meeting between Zapatista authorities and Mexican Government
functionaries, and offers a critical look at the practical
implications of so-called eco-tourism. (Spanish and Tzeltal
with English Subtitles, 15 minutes, Individual: $25, University/Institutional:
$80). English language videos can be purchased on-line at:
http://www.chiapasmediaproject.org/. For further information
on purchasing videos: 773-583-7728, cmp@chiapasmediaproject.org,
www.chiapasmediaproject.org.
Athlil Gwaii: The Line at Lyell is a documentary film on the Haida protest
of logging on traditional lands, that included a blockade
of the timber operation, in 1985.
Red
Nation Web Television Channel made its nationwide debut on May 1, on
national web television. It is the first American Indian web
television channel promoting America Indian films, music videos,
documentaries (long and short forms) pilots, drama series,
music specials and commercials. For details go to: www.rednation.com.
"Native
Nation Building," a new 10-part television series premiered
April 16 on the Universityhouse Channel, located on DISH Network
Channel 9411. The program aired twice weekly on Sundays and
Wednesdays from 7 to 7:30 p.m. MST through June 21. The series
is produced by the Native Nations Institute for Leadership,
Management, and Policy (NNI) at the University of Arizona
in conjunction with KUAT MultiMedia. Ian Record, Ph.D., NNI
curriculum development manager, is the series producer. For
more information visit NNI's Web site at http://www.nni.arizona.edu/nativetv
or http://www.universityhouse.nau.edu/, or contact Ian Record
of the Native Nations Institute, 520-626-0664.
American
Indian Airwaves, with discussion of Native American issues
and developments, regularly broadcasts every Wednesday from
3pm to 4pm (PCT) on KPFK (http://www.kpfk.org) FM 90.7 in
Los Angles, FM 98.7 in Santa Barbara, and by Internet with
Real Media Player, Winamp, & Itunes at http://www.kpfk.org.
Native America Calling:
broadcast on National Public Radio in some locations is live
1-2pm with the call-in show at: (800)99-NATIV. For detailed
NAC program descriptions and links to past programs go to
www.nativeamericacalling.com. AlterNative Voices:
headlines, paid internships, news of meth on the rez, casino
opening, music, etc. For playlists and feedtimes for AlterNative
Voices go to: www.alternativevoices.org. American Indian
Living: discusses health issues that impact Indian Country.
For detailed American Indian Living program descriptions go
to: www.airos.org/audio.html#ail. For more information, go
to www.airos.org/audio.html#rtr.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
Call for Papers: Global, Local, and Political:
Special Three Part Series on Indigenous Politics
The Political Science Department at the University of Hawaii
at Manoa (UHM) has been invited by the editor of Alternatives:
Global, Local, Political, a cutting-edge international
politics journal, to edit three special issue (2006, 2007,
2008). All three issues will focus on the overarching theme
of indigenous politics. Our intention is to use these three
issues to explore how indigenous politics can broaden the
parameters of political practice and identity under increasingly
global conditions. We are interested in theoretical and empirical
(qualitative or quantitative) research that deals with the
concept of “indigenous” innovatively. Manuscripts
should be approximately 8,000 - 9,000 words in length, double
spaced, and follow the Chicago Manual of Style with notes
placed at the end of the text. All manuscripts will be selected
for publication based on peer-review prior to acceptance.
Using the basic question - "What is indigenous politics?"
The three issues will theoretically and empirically explore
the political economy of development, governance (law/policy),
and migration/citizenship/cyberspace. Contact the Department
of Political Science, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2424
Maile Way, Honolulu, HI 9682; Hokulani Aikau: aikau@hawaii.edu,
Jim Spencer: jhs@hawaii.edu, http://tinyurl.com/d45n4.
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