The concept of management frameworks as institutional cultures is introduced. Implications of various decision-making styles of nations are considered, specifically for decisions about the climate and global warming. Global agreements for international environmental management may be enhanced by working with nongovernmental institutions. (SLD)

Describes ways six large, international, child-focused nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) have responded to the nearly universal ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). Considers the role of NGOs in drafting the CRC, changes in their human rights/child rights programs, and the inclusion of children's participation in…

The Federal Government has a responsibility to fulfill treaty promises for Native education. However, spending for Native education has fallen since 1975, while overall educational spending has increased. Reversal of this trend must include a shift in focus from quantitative goals to qualitative goals and support of culturally relevant education.…

The Soviet Union (USSR) is a different place from what it was two years ago. The essential nature of these differences is, however, not obvious and the picture remains mixed. Recent developments involving political prisoners, freedom to travel and emigrate, broadcast jamming, and Czechoslovak relations seem to indicate that the Soviet society is…

Government failure to protect Indian water rights has grown so serious in the arid regions of the West that the very existence of Indians as Indians is now in peril. (Author)

This booklet outlines the aims and activities of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and describes the structure of the organization. It is presented in five sections. Section one presents the text of the treaty, which was ratified in 1949. Section two briefly analyzes the most significant articles in the treaty. In general, the treaty…

First elected Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation in 1828, John Ross served his people with courage and honor through a difficult and tragic period in their history. Born in 1790, he grew up when the Cherokees' world was rapidly changing and treaties with federal and state governments ended in broken promises and the loss of Cherokee lands. He…

Focusing on the development of American Indian law and order, this monograph presents basic historical data chronologically ordered under the following headings: (1) Indian America (tribal and linguistic groups, migration, the American cultural zones); (2) Colonial America (early colonization, Indian legal land title vs. title of occupancy, Indian…

Outlining the general historical, legal, and educational context within which Canadian Indian education developed, this monograph addresses the following topics: (1) Federal Responsibility for Indian Education (the Royal Proclamation of 1763; the Indian Act of 1876; treaties, etc.); (2) Provincial Involvement in Indian Education (revision of the…

Part of a series on the American Indian, the book presents the biography of William Whipple Warren, Ojibway (Chippewa) historian. Although he led an extraordinary life, Warren is a little-known historical figure. The son of an American fur trapper and a mother of French and Ojibway descent, he was born in 1825 on an island in Lake Superior. Later…

The Oklahomans for Indian Opportunity (OIO) Youth Council Manual is divided into 5 parts. The first gives some basic information about the OIO Youth Councils, covering what a Youth Council is, who can join, the organization of the Councils, who runs them and how they work, the sponsor's role, recognition by local schools, initiating new Councils,…

Of major concern to American Indians are: government to government communications; development of Indian owned energy resources; federal budget changes as they affect the American Indian; preservation, protection, and quantification of inherent and reserved Indian water rights; preservation of treaty obligations; respect for tribal sovereignty;…

Asserting that non-Indians, by and large, have inevitably viewed Indians and interpreted their words, deeds, lifeways and values from their own Euro-American perspectives, this article suggests this has led to misunderstanding, frictions and conflicts which plague the relationships between Indians and non-Indians today. (Author/RTS)

Overview of some of the most important Indian court cases of the last decade, including ones regarding treaty rights, tribal jurisdiction and sovereignty, tax jurisdiction, land claims, and hunting and fishing rights. (DS)

Discusses Anglo-Prussian relations during the Seven Years War, explores various explanations for why the formal treaty between England and Prussia was not renewed in 1762, and suggests additional research on relations between the two nations during the 1760s. Journal availability: see SO 507 179. (Author/DB)