Proceedings of a symposium held at the University of Great Falls, Montana, July 2005.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: George Horse Capture -- 1. Activating Indians into national politics / Ben Nighthorse Campbell -- PART I: AMERICAN INDIAN IDENTITY -- 2. Activism: time to change: Native American references in sports / Suzanne Shown Harjo -- 3. What's in a label? Native American identity and the rise of a tradition of racism / Gregory R. Campbell and S. Neyooxet Greymorning -- 4. Tribal nationalism: the concept of governmental recognition of tribes and the Little Shell Chippewa Tribe / James Parker Shield -- 5. The Chinook Nation and its struggle for federal recognition / Ray Gardner -- 6. An overview of Indian populations / C. Matthew Snipp -- PART II: ART AND EXPRESSION -- 7. Native art / David Penney -- 8. Challenges in managing culturally sensitive collections at the National Museum of the American Indian / James Pepper Henry -- 9. Repatriation in the Twenty-first century: are we still fighting the Skull Wars? / David Hurst Thomas -- 10. Today's American Indian tribes and their museums / Lisa J. Watt -- PART III: EDUCATION -- 11. Indian education: state and federal / Earl J. Barlow -- 12. What can universities contribute to indigenous language immersion programs? :a case study from Southern California / Margaret Field -- 13. Observations on a tribal language revitalization program / Darrell Robes Kipp -- 14. Since Lewis and Clark: are tribal colleges meeting the challenges of the Twenty-first century / Gerald E. Gipp -- 15. American Indian issues for the next fifty years / James Shanley -- 16. The rise and fall of Native American studies in the United States / Duane Champagne -- PART IV: MEDIA -- 17. Native news: "somehow" / Mark Trahant -- 18. Press coverage of American Indian issues / Tim Johnson -- PART V: POLITICS AND LAW -- 19. Voting Rights in Indian Country / Janine B. Pease -- 20. Federal Indian Policy in the Twenty-first Century / Kevin Gover -- 21. An overview and patterns in federal Indian law / Walter Echo Hawk -- PART VI: THE ENVIRONMENT AND LAND -- 22. As long as the water flows: a century of Blackfeet water lost from the St. Mary Canal and the Milk River Drainage / Richmond Clow -- 23. How the land was taken: the legacy of the Lewis and Clark Expedition for Native nations / Rebecca Tsosie -- 24. From battlefields to boardrooms: a rich complexity of enduring pride and new achievements / James D. Nason