Treason in Colonial Pennsylvania

2019 ◽  
pp. 11-29
Author(s):  
Carlton F.W. Larson
Keyword(s):  
American Indian ◽  
Land Claims ◽  
Low Level ◽  
William Penn ◽  
War For Independence ◽  
Indian Tribes

This chapter provides a summary of treason law in Pennsylvania from the founding of the colony by William Penn in 1682 through the outbreak of the War for Independence. After several halting starts, Pennsylvania formally adopted English treason law in 1718. This law was rooted in the 1351 English Statute of Treasons and the chapter explains the broad contours of that law as it was developed in the succeeding centuries. Treason law, however, was rarely employed in colonial Pennsylvania, even though the Seven Years’ War, the march of the Paxton Boys, and the disputes with Virginia and Connecticut over land claims (hostilities that amounted to low-level open warfare) provided possible opportunities for its employment. The chapter also addresses whether members of American Indian tribes were subject to Pennsylvania treason law.

Compositional Stasis and Flexibility in American Indian Tribes

Ethnohistory ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 68 (2) ◽  
pp. 191-213
Author(s):  
Raymond I. Orr ◽  
Yancey A. Orr
Keyword(s):  
American Indian ◽  
The Self ◽  
Self Determination ◽  
Governance Systems ◽  
Indian Tribes ◽  
The 1960S ◽  
Tribal Politics ◽  
Traditional Governance

Abstract American Indian tribal power has typically expanded since the 1960s. During this period, often referred to as the Self-Determination Era, tribes have regained much of their earlier political centrality. One rarely addressed limitation during this period is the inability of tribal polities to break into smaller units while maintaining recognition as legitimate. This essay identifies the inability of tribes to exercise what the authors call compositional flexibility and fracture to form new polities discrete of the previous tribe. The authors argue the absence of compositional flexibility shapes tribal politics and is at odds with many forms of traditional governance systems.

scholarly journals A Raw Deal: Conflicts Over Tribal Sovereignty and Casino Proliferation

Elements ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tim Mooney
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
American Indian ◽  
The United States ◽  
Tribal Sovereignty ◽  
Indian Gaming ◽  
The Federalist ◽  
Bargaining Position ◽  
Indian Tribes ◽  
To Come ◽  
National Governments

Federalism has played an important role in the explosion of legalized gambling in the United States in the last two decades. Indian gaming, in particular, has challenged state and national governments to come to terms with the place of American Indian tribes within the federalist system and organize a meaningful framework for the expansion of gaming on tribal lands. Now largely controlled by a federal statutory framework, Indian gaming has left states in a subordinate position in negotiating the establisment of major casino enterprises within their own borders. Confusion in states' rights during negotiations has further weakened their bargaining position, leading to extensive tribal casino development. The cooperation between states and tribes and states and casino corporations have facilitated casino proliferation throughout the United States, a trend that appears destined to contiue until the market is fully saturated.

To Bury the Ancestors: A View of Nagpra

1994 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 29-32 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Stoffle ◽  
Michael Evans
Keyword(s):  
Native American ◽  
American Indian ◽  
Native Hawaiian ◽  
Human Remains ◽  
Religious Practice ◽  
Cultural Patrimony ◽  
Material Goods ◽  
Indian Tribes ◽  
The Law

The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) became law on November 16, 1990. The law addresses the rights of lineal descendants and members of American Indian tribes and Native Hawaiian groups with respect to human remains and cultural items with which they are affiliated. NAGPRA is concerned with the human remains of Native American ancestors, material goods still associated with these bodies, material goods once associated with these bodies but now separated, objects of importance to ongoing religious practice, and objects of cultural patrimony. NAGPRA sets into motion a process of identification, consultation, and recommendation about these ancestors or ancestral materials.

scholarly journals Childhood abuse and later parenting outcomes in two American Indian tribes

2008 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 195-211 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne M. Libby ◽  
Heather D. Orton ◽  
Janette Beals ◽  
Dedra Buchwald ◽  
Spero M. Manson
Keyword(s):  
American Indian ◽  
Childhood Abuse ◽  
Indian Tribes

scholarly journals Geographical Access and the Substitution of Traditional Healing for Biomedical Services in 2 American Indian Tribes

Medical Care ◽  
2012 ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
John C. Fortney ◽  
Carol E. Kaufman ◽  
David E. Pollio ◽  
Janette Beals ◽  
Carrie Edlund ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
American Indian ◽  
Traditional Healing ◽  
Geographical Access ◽  
Indian Tribes

scholarly journals Susceptibility of Southwestern American Indian Tribes to Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID‐19)

2020 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. 197-199 ◽  
Author(s):  
Monika Kakol ◽  
Dona Upson ◽  
Akshay Sood
Keyword(s):  
American Indian ◽  
Indian Tribes

Around Richard Münch’s Academic Capitalism Theory

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 153-170
Author(s):  
Stanisław Czerniak ◽  
Keyword(s):  
American Indian ◽  
Academic Capitalism ◽  
Management Model ◽  
Academic Management ◽  
North American Indian ◽  
Indian Tribes ◽  
German Sociologist ◽  
Philosophical Argumentation ◽  
Psychological Sense ◽  
Modern Era

The author reviews the main elements of Richard Münch’s academic capitalism theory. By introducing categories like “audit university” or “entrepreneurial university,” the German sociologist critically sets today’s academic management model against the earlier, modern-era conception of academic work as an “exchange of gifts.” In the sociological and psychological sense, he sees the latter’s roots in traditional social lore, for instance the potlatch ceremonies celebrated by some North-American Indian tribes and described by Marcel Mauss. Münch shows the similarities between the old, “gift exchanging” model and the contemporary one with its focus on the psycho-social fundamentals of scientific praxis, and from this gradually derives the academic capitalism conception. He concludes with the critical claim that science possesses its own, inalienable axiological autonomy and anthropological dimension, which degenerate as capitalism proceeds to “colonise” science by means of state authority and money (here Münch mentions Jürgen Habermas and his philosophical argumentation).The author also offers a somewhat broader view of Münch’s analyses in the context of his own reflections on the problem.

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