Articles written by Nannette Croce
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Doctrine of Discovery: Today
Based on 500-year-old papal bulls the Doctrine of Discovery is still used by many nations to justify control over Aboriginal lands.
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Doctrine of Discovery: History
The UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues called for Pope Benedict XVI to revoke the 15th century papal bulls collectively known as the Doctrine of Discovery.
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Benefits of the IRA
The Indian Reorganization Act provided several short-term benefits, but what about the long-term effect?
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Indian Reorganization Act
Indian Reorganization Act I covered the background and provisions of the Act. This article covers its enactment and the short and long-term effects.
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Aboriginal Massacres
Tyson Yunkaporta, Aboriginal Rights, examines common themes between Australian and American Aboriginal massacres
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Indian Trust Case
The two sides of Cobell v.Kempthorne
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Cobell vs Kempthorne
It's been Cobell v. Babbitt, Cobell v. Norton, and Cobell v. Kempthorne, after each new Secretary of the Interior. In the US, it's the biggest case no one talks about
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American Indian Sovereignty
What is American Indian Sovereignty and why is it so important to American Indian nations?
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The Dawes Act
Also known as the General Allotment Act, the purpose of The Dawes Act, passed by the US Congress in 1887, was to break up reservations into individual allotments.
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Sled Dog Slaughter
According to many Inuit, a systematic sled dog slaughter took place between the 1950s and 60s in Canada. Was it animal control or an attempt to destroy Inuit culture?
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Canadian Residential Schools
A legacy of physical and sexual abuse of Aboriginal students in religious-run residential schools has come to light in recent court cases.
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Many Natives Fight at Rosebud
. . . like bees swarming out of a hive
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Bon Iver's For Emma, Forever Ago
Bon Iver isolated himself in a Wisconsin cabin with only his recording equipment and a great deal of ambition. For Emma, Forever Ago is the achingly gorgeous result.
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Carlisle Indian Industrial School
The Carlisle Indian Industrial School, the first Indian boarding/residential school, starts a controversial program of assimilating natives into the white man's culture
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Social Problems Across the Border
Drug Trafficking and other challenges for Aboriginal nations divided by the US-Canadian border.
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Wars: The French and English
History of the US-Canadian Border, known as the Medicine Line to the Aboriginal people
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The US/Canada Border
The influence of European settlers to Aboriginals along the US-Canadian Border
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Kennewick on TIME Cover
Kennewick Man made the March 13, 2006 cover of TIME. How fairly did they represent the Native American perspective on the controversy?
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The Marshall Trilogy
Chief Justice John Marshall and the three cases that form the basis of American Indian Law
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The New World/Pocahontas
The New World or Disney's Pocahontas: Which One Got It Right?
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