Major Issues

Land Into Trust
Fee To Trust Land Conversions
 

The Tribal Agenda
Understanding the Tribal Agenda

Indian Tribal Government Influence of non-tribal elections
Campaign Contributions and Campaign Finance Reform

Federal Recognition Process
Native Hawaiian Recognition Issue

A Listing of Federally Recognized Tribes   
(July,    2002
- 562 tribal entities)
(March, 2000 -  556 tribal entities)
Pending Petitions

Akaka Bill to Promote Legal Status For Native Hawaiians  

The "Equal Protection of the Law "- The Fundamental Problem and The Solution
Why Indians are Second Class Citizens   by Darrel Smith
EPA is Destroying Constitutional Rights
by Ruben Speidel
Where's the Government's Authority for Federal Indian Policy
by Darrel Smith  
Where's the Government's Authority? .   .  . Revisited
by Darrel Smith
Restoring Constitutional Government  
by Darrel Smith
It May Take a Constitutional Amendment to Bring True Justice to Indian Country  
by Ed Des Lauriers

Racism and federal Indian policy
see also our "Real Stories" and "Responding to negative labels" section

Blatant racism by Darrel Smith
Racism of the Supreme Court article

Reservation Demographics and Trends
2000 Census Statistics:
America’s Surprisingly Diverse Reservations  by Darrel Smith
Population Statistics for Indian Reservations by State    
Federal Indian Reservation and Off Reservation Trust Land Populations by State  
Population Statistics by Reservation and ANRCs   
(277kb file)
Detail Population Statistics of  "Indian Lands" Within the United States
(450 kb file)
Interesting Indian Reservation Population Statistics    
2000 Native American and Alaskan Native Census Brief (Acrobat file)  


1990 Reservation Demographics   by Darrel Smith
Appendix C:  ( American Ethnic Cleansing?) from Indian Reservations: America's Model of Destruction - available under "Book Reviews"

Sovereignty (or Self Determination)   

Federal Indian Policy
How the Radical Indian Movement Controls American Governments  by Darrel Smith 
Have We Grown Immune to Corruption?
Will Multiculturalism Kill the Country?
Multiculturalism - A Disunited States
by Cal Thomas
Should Race Determine Your Rights
Reuters Wire Service
A Legacy from the Thirties
by Darrel Smith
Eight Unanswered Federal Indian Policy Questions by William Whiteley
CERA President, Elaine Willman Explains Indian Policy to MN Group    

Jurisdiction
Tribal Jurisdiction over Non-members: Fact or Fiction? 
by Lisa Morris
The National Bison Range by Lisa Morris
A Court and Jury of Peers? by Darrel Smith
Congressional Testimony
by Sam Davis
Sovereignty Testimony
by Scott Kayla Morrison
Written Testimony of Corson County Commissioner by Rubin Speidel
Jurisdictional "Nightmare" Testimony by Carroll Melby
Washington State v. Yakama Nation
American Indians and Crime
Washington State US Attorney Itemizes Jurisdiction Challenge 

Indian Child Welfare Act
Christian Alliance for Indian Child Welfare

CERA's ICWA Letter to Congress
America Has No Reason to be Proud of the Indian Child Welfare Act    by Michael Harris
Parents Are Excluded from ICWA Debate by Lisa Morris
Letter to CERA by Francie Smith
Does the ICWA Serve Children's or Government's Welfare?
  by LaDonna Robinson
Tribes Seek Return of 12 Year Old Child from Indianz.com
Link to Christian Alliance for Indian Child Welfare  

Hunting and Fishing
Federal Control (Has It Already Happened?) by Joseph Coniff, Jr.
How Would You like to Live in a Country with a 60 Cent Dollar?
by Howard B. Hanson

Environmental Jurisdiction
National Bison Range Petition by Lisa Morris
National Bison Range Information by Lisa Morris
EPA is Destroying Constitutional Rights by Ruben Speidel & Jim Petik
EPA and TAS – Treatment as States   by Elaine Willman

Endangered Species Act Exemption
Interior and Commerce  Secretarial Order #3206   
Interior's Q & A about Secretarial Order # 3206   

Land Claims
Why Not Give It All Back To the Indians?
by Walter Olson of the City Journal
1978 Indian Claim Maps

Water Claims
Quote
Montana Water Dispute
from the Billings Gazette    

Economics
Federal Economic Programs Targeted for Indians and Tribes
Excerpt: from Indian Reservations: America's Model of Destruction
Quotes 
from Terry L. Anderson's  Sovereign Nations or Reservations: An Economic History of American Indians

Gambling Issues
Union News - Tribal Nation
Casino Locations
Pending Petitions  
Campaign Contributions
New York Governor Bets on Indian Gaming

Without Reservation  
The Making of America's Most Powerful Indian Tribe and Foxwoods, the World's Largest Casino by Jeff Benedict

Treaty Issues
Native American Indian Treaties   (This file includes treaties but not the vast number of agreements made between the U. S. Government and Indian tribes after the close of the treaty period in 1871. These agreements altered many of the earlier treaties.)
Treaty Letter by Carl A. Zapffe (20 Pages)

Indian Charities - Do the Research Before you Give
Questionable Indian Charities

U. N. "Global Governance"
Link to Section on Indigenous People/Populations
Draft U. N. Declaration on Indigenous Rights
Sovereignty International, Inc  
World Religion