3 pp. / This fact sheet briefly describes the research protocol of the Colorado River Indian Tribes reservation.

6 pp. / This fact sheet describes the socioeconomic and cultural aspects of the CRIT reservation, as well as the history of extension and effective extension programs and collaborations conducted on this reservation.

2 pp. / This fact sheet briefly describes the socioeconomic and cultural aspects of the Colorado River Indian Tribes reservation.

Dissertation (PhD)--University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, 2005. / Includes bibliographical references.

The topic of this thesis is The Mexican Cession in 1848 in which Mexico ceded territory to the USA in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo and the subsequent impact of the cession on the life of the native population of the territory during the second half of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century. The thesis primarily focuses on everyday life of the native population and their relationship with the majority (white) population before and after the cession. Firstly, the geographical region of the American Southwest, the historical context (the influence of Spanish colonization, the circumstances of the cession) and the specific ethnic groups are briefly introduced. After that, the thesis analyses how the ethnic groups reflected on the political change and to what extent did the change impact the subsequent development of their material and intellectual culture, with special attention to settled and nomadic or semi- nomadic societies. The thesis also pays attention to the various ways and methods the US government used to try to integrate the native population into the majority population in the last decades of the 19th century and analyses the interactions between the two populations stemming from those policies. The research method used is the analysis of historical sources, with...

This study tested theoretical propositions concerning agenda-setting by minority political groups in the United States to see if they had the scope to be applicable to American Indian tribes or if there were alternative explanations for how this group places its agenda items on the formal agenda and resolves them. Indian tribes were chosen as the case study because they are of significantly different legal and political status than other minority groups upon which much of the previous research has been done. The study showed that many of the theoretical propositions regarding agenda-setting by minority groups were explanatory for agenda-setting by Indian tribes. The analyses seemed to demonstrate that Indian tribes use a closed policy subsystem to place tribal agenda items on the formal agenda. The analyses demonstrated that most tribal agenda items resolved by Congress involve no major policy changes but rather incremental changes in existing policies. The analyses also demonstrated that most federal court decisions involving Indian tribes have no broad impact or significance to all Indian tribes. The analyses showed that both Congress and the federal courts significantly influence the tribal agenda but the relationship between the courts and Congress in agenda-setting in this area of policy are unclear. Another finding of the study was that tribal leaders have no significant influence in setting the formal agendas of either Congress or the federal courts. However, they do have some success in the resolution of significant tribal agenda items as a result of their unique legal and political status. This study also contributed to the literature concerning agenda-setting by Indian tribes and tribal politics and study results have many practical implications for tribal leaders.

The following account is written to give the history of the Indians who have at one time inhabited southeast Texas, and of those who still inhabit it. The account begins with the history of each tribe as far back as any facts can be found concerning them and continues through their stay in Texas.