Volume 16 Fall 2004 Issue No. 1
In This Issue
Sovereignty In Indian Country
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This quarter's topic: Sovereignty
Features
10 Sovereignty: the Rhetoric v. the Reality
by Dr. Paul Boyer
Thirty years ago the federal government acknowledged tribal self-determination. But have
tribes failed to embrace the opportunities and responsibilities of sovereignty?
18 'Working Together, Unlimited Things Can Happen.' CDC, tribes, colleges strive
to improve Native health
by Ron Selden
CDC has designed its tribal consultation plan to break down bureaucracy, reduce disparity in
services, and increase numbers of Native health providers.
22 TCJ Student Edition
In this year's student poetry and stories, author Louise Erdrich finds "fierce energy," "mixed
bloods' humor and toughness," "hair raising accuracy," and "a world of ice crystals and horses
with winter-thick hair." See what you find.
Departments
6 Letters to the Editor
8 Editor's Essay: The Rights and
Responsibilities of Sovereignty
by Marjane Ambler
35 On Campus
50 Voices: It is Time for Tribes to Assert Sovereignty over Education
by Dr. Bob Roessel
On the cover:
Zig Jackson (Mandan/Hidatsa/Arikara) uses photography to de-mythologize his own history. He is known
for his series of silver print photographs titled "Entering Zig's Indian Reservation." (Color has been
added to this image.) Jackson is a professor of photography at Savannah College of Art and Design and can
be reached by phone at Shell Creek Studio (912) 231-8256.