Native American rights

Roleff, Tamara L., 1959- (Added Author).

Record details

ISBN: 1565106857 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper)
ISBN: 9781565106857 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper)
ISBN: 1565106849 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN: 9781565106840 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Physical Description: print
208 pages ; 25 cm.
Publisher: San Diego, CA : Greenhaven Press, c1998.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 198-200) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Ch. 1. Is Native American culture threatened? Yes, Native American culture is threatened: Using indian names for sports teams harms Native Americans / Ward Churchill -- Studying indian remains violates Native Americans' beliefs / Devon A. Mihesuah -- Native Americans' free exercise of religion is threatened by prisons / Iron Thunderhorse -- The public interferes with Native American religious activities on public lands / Charles Levendosky -- New age practitioners threaten indian spirituality / Rick Romancito -- The Supreme Court threatens Native Americans' religious use of Peyote / Walter Echo-Hawk -- No, Native American culture is not threatened: Using indian names for sports teams does not harm Native Americans / Andy Rooney -- Studying indian remains provides useful information / Patricia M. Landau and D. Gentry Steele -- Prison regulations do not violate Native Americans' free exercise of religion / C. Arlen Beam and David R. Hansen -- The public does not threaten Native American religious activities on public lands / Andy Petefish, Friends of Devils Tower -- Ch. 2. Is indian gaming beneficial to Native Americans? Indian gaming: an overview / Anthony Layng -- Yes, indian gaming is beneficial to Native Americans: Indian gaming revenues provide many needed services / Dennis McAuliffe Jr. -- Indian gaming promotes Native American sovereignty / William Thompson and Diana R. Dever -- Indian gaming helps the economy / the New Mexico Indian Gaming Association -- No, indian gaming is not beneficial to Native Americans: Indian gaming may promote compulsive gambling among Native Americans / Don A. Cozzetto and Brent W. LaRocque -- Indian gaming could destroy Native American culture / Clay Akiwenzie -- Organized crime may infiltrate indian casinos / Robert G. Torricelli -- Indian gaming will hurt the economy / Donald Trump --