« Settlers looking at settlers: Miriam Billig, Udi Lebel, ‘Introduction: Judea and Samaria Jewish settlers and settlements – cultural sociology of unsettled space’, Israel Affairs, 21, 3, 2015 pp. 309-312
Developing the contemporary technologies of settler colonial governance: Guillaume Peterson St-Laurent, Philippe Le Billon, ‘Staking claims and shaking hands: Impact and benefit agreements as a technology of government in the mining sector’, The Extractive Industries and Society, 2015 »

Testing indigenous sovereignties: Julian Brave Noisecat, ‘Labor Rights And Tribal Sovereignty Collide At Indian Casinos’, Huffington Post, 15/06/15

16Jun15

Excerpt: The [Senate Committee on Indian Affairs hearing for a bill that would exempt tribes from the National Labor Relations Act, or NLRA, the Great Depression-era law that covers collective bargaining in the private sector] reveals ongoing tensions between labor and native rights about whether the National Labor Relations Board, or NLRB, the agency that enforces the law, can adjudicate disputes between tribal businesses and their workers. The jurisdiction of the NLRB in Indian Country has been a contentious issue between unions and Indian Nations that extends back to the Indian Gaming Regulatory ACT of 1988.


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