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A Place to Live, A Place to Heal Ane Berrett	Native American Studies Political Science and Public Administration Psychology Social Work and Sociology	Family and Youth Federal and State Relations and Policy Law and Justice Self Determination and Self Governance
Alaska Native and American Indian Policy: A Comparative Case Linda Moon Stumpff	Anthropology Business and Management Geography History Law Native American Studies Political Science and Public Administration	Activism Community Development Cultural Preservation Economic Development Federal and State Relations and Policy Health and Wellness Intergovernmental Relations Land Law and Justice Leadership Salmon Treaty Rights and Sovereignty Tribal Governance Tribal Membership Enrollment and Citizenship	Alaska Native Morongo Navajo Onondaga Seminole Squaxin Island Tulalip
Are Tribal Compact Schools the Answer to Improving Native Student Success in Washington? Teresa Winstead, John Hopkins and Michael Vendiola	Social Work and Sociology Anthropology Economics Education History Political Science and Public Administration Psychology	Community Development Cultural Preservation Education Reform Federal and State Relations and Policy Law and Justice Leadership Natural Resources Treaty Rights and Sovereignty Tribal Governance	Lummi Muckleshoot Suquamish
Back to the Future: Dam Removal and Native Salmon Restoration on the Elwha River Brian Footen and Jovana Brown	Biology Environmental Studies Political Science and Public Administration	Environmental Restoration Federal and State Relations and Policy Intergovernmental Relations Leadership Salmon Treaty Rights and Sovereignty	Lower Elwha Klallam
Dam Removal on the Elwha River Peter Dorman	Economics Education Environmental Studies	Environmental Restoration Federal and State Relations and Policy Intergovernmental Relations Natural Resources Salmon	Lower Elwha Klallam
Irrigation Interests Threaten Precious Hoopa Tribal Fisheries, a Legal Perspective Tom Schlosser	Environmental Studies Law Native American Studies Political Science and Public Administration	Activism Climate Change Environmental Justice Environmental Restoration Federal and State Relations and Policy Land Law and Justice Salmon Treaty Rights and Sovereignty	Hoopa Klamath Yurok
Is Anybody Listening? Charles Luckmann	Anthropology History Native American Studies Political Science and Public Administration	Activism Cultural Preservation Economic Development Energy Federal and State Relations and Policy Law and Justice Treaty Rights and Sovereignty Tribal Governance	Hopi Navajo
Native Gaming in the US Hai-Jew, Shalin	Business and Management Economics Native American Studies Political Science and Public Administration	Economic Development Federal and State Relations and Policy Health and Wellness Tribal Governance
Oppenheimer The Movie, The Indians and The Bomb In A Tale Of Different Worlds Linda Moon Stumpff	Communications Environmental Studies Health History Law Media Studies Native American Studies Political Science and Public Administration	Activism Environmental Restoration Federal and State Relations and Policy Health and Wellness Indigenous Science Intergovernmental Relations Land Law and Justice Media Natural Resources Treaty Rights and Sovereignty	The 23 federally recognized tribes of New Mexico
Pesticides on the Prairie: Dead Eagles and Quarantined Buffalo--The Impacts of Illegal Rodenticide Application on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation Amy Jackson Jeremy E. Guinn	Biology Chemistry Environmental Studies Law Native American Studies Political Science and Public Administration	Activism Environmental Justice Environmental Restoration Federal and State Relations and Policy Health and Wellness Intergovernmental Relations	Standing Rock Sioux
Should the Navajo Nation Build a Coal-Fired Power Plant? Jovana Brown and Nora Trahant	Environmental Studies	Activism Community Development Economic Development Energy Federal and State Relations and Policy Health and Wellness Land	Navajo
Should Tribes Legalize Marijuana? Amber Seachord and Barbara Leigh Smith	Business and Management Economics Health Native American Studies Political Science and Public Administration Psychology Social Work and Sociology	Community Development Economic Development Family and Youth Federal and State Relations and Policy Health and Wellness Human Services Intergovernmental Relations Leadership Self Determination and Self Governance Treaty Rights and Sovereignty	Alaska Native Apache Chipewyan Cree Chistochina Coast Salish People of Puget Sound Confederated Tribes of Salish Kootenai Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs Confederated Tribes of Yakama Cree Gila River Havasupai Hoh River Hopi Inuit Inupiaq Iroquois Lac de Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe Lower Elwha Klallam Lummi Makah Mentasta Mescalero Apache Morongo Mount Sanford Tribal Consortium Mowachaht/Muchalaht Navajo Nez Perce Nisqually Ojibwe Onondaga Osage Papiez Confederated Tribes of Yakama Quileute Quinault Santa Clara Pueblo Seminole Skokomish Squaxin Island Swinomish Tulalip Wampanoag White Earth Nation
The Data May Be A Mess, But Can It Still Be Useful To Indian Country? Mark Trahant	Quantitative Reasoning	Federal and State Relations and Policy Intergovernmental Relations Tribal Membership Enrollment and Citizenship
The Salmon They are My Brothers: A Story of the Lower Snake River Dams Kathleen M. Saul	Biology Energy Environmental Studies History Law Native American Studies Political Science and Public Administration	Activism Climate Change Cultural Preservation Economic Development Environmental Justice Environmental Restoration Federal and State Relations and Policy Intergovernmental Relations Leadership Sacred Sites Salmon	Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs Confederated Tribes of Yakama Lower Elwha Klallam Nez Perce Swinomish Umatilla
The Yakama Nation and the Cleanup of Hanford: Contested Meanings of Environmental Remediation Daniel A. Bush	Environmental Studies Ethics Health History Law Native American Studies Political Science and Public Administration	Energy Environmental Justice Environmental Restoration Federal and State Relations and Policy Health and Wellness Intergovernmental Relations Land Law and Justice Treaty Rights and Sovereignty	Confederated Tribes of Yakama
Through the Taos Pueblo Lens: Values and Emerging Strategies for Protecting Wild Lands and Waters Linda Moon Stumpff	Environmental Studies History Law Native American Studies Political Science and Public Administration Sociology	Cultural Preservation Environmental Justice Federal and State Relations and Policy Intergovernmental Relations Land Leadership Self Determination and Self Governance Treaty Rights and Sovereignty	Taos Pueblo
Tribal Customary Adoption: A Culturally Based Permanency Solution for Relative Caregivers Terry Cross, Sarah Kastelic, and Kathleen Earle	Social Work and Sociology Native American Studies Political Science and Public Administration	Community Development Cultural Preservation Family and Youth Federal and State Relations and Policy Health and Wellness Human Development Human Services Law and Justice	All Tribes
What should be displayed? Native arts in museums and on the runways Melanie King	Social Work and Sociology Anthropology Art Communications History Law Native American Studies Psychology	Activism Cultural Appropriation Cultural Preservation Federal and State Relations and Policy Indian Identity Law and Justice Leadership Media Sacred Sites
When Our Water Returns: The Gila River Indian Community and Diabetes Jovana J. Brown	Biology Environmental Studies Health Native American Studies Political Science and Public Administration	Activism Community Development Cultural Preservation Environmental Restoration Federal and State Relations and Policy Health and Wellness Human Services Intergovernmental Relations Land Law and Justice Leadership Tribal Governance	Gila River
Who has MMIP Task Forces? Emily Washines	Communications History Law Native American Studies Political Science and Public Administration	Federal and State Relations and Policy Human Services Intergovernmental Relations Law and Justice