The purpose of this multi-case study was to explore the stories and lived experiences of Native American police chiefs who have faced the systemic conflicts and challenges created between Native American tribal policing and an opposing U.S. legal system. It sought to understand the essence of tribal police chiefs’ experiences...
The Farm Enterprise Committee of the Confederated Tribes of
the Umatilla Indian Reservation requested that an evaluation be made
of the Reservation land resource for the purpose of acquisition by the
Tribe as a part of a study of the feasibility of an expanded farm
enterprise. The Committee's primary goal...
The Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation have begun a program aimed at increasing tribal participation in the farming of Reservation lands. This program is viewed by tribal leaders as a means to regain control of Reservation lands for Indians. The purpose of this study was to identify and...
This dissertation is concerned with the diminution of Oregon's Umatilla Indian Reservation over a 120 year period (1855-1975). Its objective is to show that the transfer of land from Indian to non-Indian ownership was most attributable to four casual factors:
(1) historical happenstance, including the passage of the Oregon Trail...
The rangelands of the Warm Springs Indian Reservation
represent a major resource within a definitive
geographic area. The utilization of this resource is affected
by a number of factors, some of which are examined
here. The cultural evolution of the Warm Springs people
has resulted in the horse maintaining a...
Many understory trees on proposed control areas are lightly to moderately infested with dwarf mistletoe. Control by thinning/ sanitation after logging will reduce infestations to a tolerable level and significantly increase volume yields in the future. The cost-benefit ratio of control is favorable.
The western spruce budworm, Choristoneura occidentalis (Free.), has caused a measurable impact on a portion of the Flathead Indian Reservation during a 5-year infestation period. This survey showed that most of the grand fir and alpine fir, and 13.8 percent of the Douglas fir has been top killed in the...
Many nonmerchantable trees on proposed control areas in the Flathead Reservation are moderately to heavily infested with dwarf mistletoe. Control by sanitation-thinning is desirable and is both biologically and economically sound.
Many nonmerchantable trees on the proposed control areas are moderately to heavily infested with dwarf mistletoe. Control by sanitation-thinning is desirable and is both biologically and economically sound.