1994 NCAI Convention

Order Instructions

1994 NCAI Convention

The National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) was founded in 1944 and is considered the oldest representative of American Indian and Alaskan Native organization that serves and advocates for the interests of tribal governments and communities.

Please review the report on Tribal Nations and the United States: Tribal Governance through time: By the NCAI.org

The topic for the essay is concerning American Indian sovereignty and territoriality. As you have seen in the NCAI report, self-governing is crucial to the survival and success of the First nation people. Below is a series of articles that examine the history of sovereignty and the debate on whether the United States Congress should limit or allow sovereignty for tribes in the United States. Each article has to discuss the history and have knowledge of treaties and policies that have been made in the past.

You will pick one of the articles and your essay will summarize and discuss for the class what you learned in the article. In this essay make sure you discuss what sovereignty means and whether your author approves of sovereignty or not for an American Tribe residing in the United States. Discuss some of those policies or treaties you discovered in the articles. Also discuss what issues the First Nations deal with in having the ability to self govern. Also add one paragraph discussing your view on American Indian sovereignty.

https://www.repository.law.indiana.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1885&context=facpub

https://www.bc.edu/content/dam/files/schools/law/bclawreview/pdf/51_3/02_florey.pdf

https://scholar.harvard.edu/files/jsinger/files/myths_realities.pdf

https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/228605146.pdf

https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/232640358.pdf

https://scholarship.law.cornell.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2507&context=clr&httpsredir=1&referer=

https://people.umass.edu/derrico/nowyouseeit.html

Your posts must be at least 300 words in content. In-depth explanations of the exact expectations are located in the Discussion area of the class.

You will need to have at least 300 words in this post plus full references due Sunday …Research must be done in the library using JSTOR database or other sources that are creditable.