360 Directory

360 is a political directory of contemporary groups, individuals, and events involved in self-determination in some way (e.g., advocating for sovereignty, forestalling liberation, working against Indian Country, etc.). This online directory is provided for educational purposes, and includes names of those no longer with us yet whose work continues to sustain all of us.

Send suggestions, corrections, and updates to julia<dot>goodfox<at>gmail<dot>com. Because I work on this directory and the Last Woman blog in my spare time, please be good-natured about the delays in updating this resource.

ONLINE MEDIA FRIENDS

Although there are those individuals who seek to stifle dialogue, dissent, and debate by claiming the existence of a mythic “good Indians are quiet and do as they are told” culture, freedom of the press is an essential tool for the protection of the integrity of Self-Determination. Below are recommended individuals and media sites (in possession of varying degrees of journalistic independence) that provide reportage of events involving Indian Country.

• Brenda Norrell
• Cultural Survival
• Indian Country Today
• Indianz
• Kevin Abourezk
• Mary Pierpoint
  
• NAJA (Native American Journalists Association)
• Native Ameican Times is published weekly out of Tahlequah (the capital of the Cherokee Nation). According to their website, Native Times is independently-owned and so “are not influenced by tribes, the federal government or gaming revenue of any kind. We are proud to be one of America’s only independent Indian news sources.”
• Reznet
• Rob Capriccioso
• Turtle Talk is not a media site. However, this blog for the Indigenous Law and Policy Center at Michigan State University College of Law is one of the best resources I have seen on the legal components of Self-Determination. They provide daily updates on cases and events. Check out their page of links to every U.S. Supreme Court case involving federal Indian law in the modern era (1959 to present).
• And take a look at these articles regarding media and Indian Country:
  • “College Censorship” 2007 report on Tribal College newspapers
  • “Covering Indian Country” by John Feffer (27 May 2006)

UPCOMING EVENTS

GROUPS, INSTITUTIONS, AND ORGANIZATIONS

• American Indian College Fund
  • Richard B. Williams, President
  • Board of Trustees
• American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC)
  • Carrie Billy, President and CEO
  • AIHEC Officers and Board of Directors
• Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA, operated under Indian Affairs)
  • Jerry Gidner, Director
  • Other BIA officials
• Bureau of Indian Education (BIE, operated under Indian Affairs)
  • Policy, Evaluation and Post Secondary Education
• Indian Affairs (formerly Bureau of Indian Affairs, operated under DOI)
  • Larry Echo Hawk, Pawnee Nation, Assistant Secretary
  • Donald “Del” Laverdue, Crow, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary
  • Wizipan Garriott, Rosebud Sioux Tribe, Policy Advisor to the Assistant Secretary
  • Tracie Stevens, Tulalip Tribes of Washington State, Senior Advisor to the Assistant Secretary
  • Paul Tsosie, Navajo Nation, Chief of Staff to the Assistant Secretary
• Indian Health Service (IHS)
  • Yvette Roubideaux, Rosebud Sioux, Director
• International Indigenous Treaty Council (IITC)
• National Congress of American Indians (NCAI)
  • Joe Garcia, President
• National Indian Education Association (NIEA)
• National Indian Gaming Association (NIGA)
• Native American and Indigenous Studies Association (NAISA)
• Native American Rights Fund (NARF)
  • John Echo Hawk, Director
• Organization of American States
• Supreme Court of the United States
  • John G. Roberts, Jr., Chief Justice
    
  • All Current Justices (PDF)
    
• UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII)
• U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI)
  • Kenneth Salazar, Secretary
• U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs
  • Byron Dorgan (D-ND), Chair
  • John Barrasso (R-WY), Vice Chairman
  • Committee Members

INDIVIDUALS

• Carrie Dann
• Cato Valandra
• Clyde Warrior, Ponca Tribe
• Hank Adams
• Hilary Tompkins, Navajo, Solicitor of the U.S. Department of the Interior
• Jodi Gillette, Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, Assistant Associate Deputy Director of Intergovernmental Affairs and and Associate Director for the Office of Public Engagement, White House
• Joe Garcia, President, National Congress of American Indians
• John Echo Hawk
• Kimberly Teehee, Cherokee, Senior Policy Advisor for Native American Affairs, Domestic Policy Council, White House
• Lance Morgan
• Mary Dann
• Mel Thom
  
• Larry Echo Hawk, Pawnee Nation, Assistant Secretary of Indian Affairs (formerly the BIA)
• Winona LaDuke
• Vine Deloria, Jr.
• Yvette Roubideaux, Rosebud Sioux, Director, Indian Health Service

MEDIA COVERAGE

• BIE Policy, Evaluation and Post Secondary Education

SUGGESTED READINGS

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