“This paper offers a partial political history of Santa Clara Pueblo by studying the process of factionalism within a long tradition of adaptive self-governance. Factionalism was (and is) a complex and persistent aspect of the internal politics of Pueblo society. At Santa Clara, factionalism played (and plays) a key role in the ideological shifts that …
“This 2012 annual report on Tribal Self-Governance is submitted by the Secretary of the Interior to the Congress pursuant to section 405 of Public Law 93-638, as added by section 204 of the Act, which states: (a) REQUIREMENT.–The Secretary shall submit to Congress a written report on January 1 of each year following the date …
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“Tho report is responsive to the provisions of P. L. 93-580 which established this Commission and charged it with the responsibility to conduct a comprehensive review of the historical and legal developments underlying the Indians’ relationship with the Federal Government and determine the nature and scope of necessary revisions in the formulation of policy and …
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“The federal government’s trust relationship with federally recognized Indian tribes is a product of the last two centuries of Federal Indian Law and federal-tribal relations. For approximately the last 50 years, the federal government has sought to promote tribal self-determination as a means to carry out its trust responsibilities to Indian tribes; but the shadows …
This 2015 annual report on Tribal Self-Governance is submitted by the Secretary of the Interior to the Congress pursuant to section 405 of Public Law 93-638, as added by section 204 of the Act, which states: (a) REQUIREMENT.–The Secretary shall submit to Congress a written report on January 1 of each year following the date …
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