Contemporary Native Americans have a unique relationship with the United States because they may be members of nations, tribes, or bands that have sovereignty and treaty rights upon which federal Indian law and a federal Indian trust relationship are based.U.S. Department of the Interior, Indian Affairs, Native American Faculty and Staff Association News. University of California, Davis. Accessed October 25, 2011. Cultural activism since the late 1960s has increased the participation of Indigenous peoples in American politics. It has also led to expanded efforts to teach and preserve Indigenous languages for younger generations, and to establish a more robust cultural infrastructure: Native Americans have founded independent newspapers and online media outlets, including First Nations Experience, the first Native American television channel;"FNX: First Nations Experience Television", Native American Faculty and Staff Association News. University of California, Davis. Accessed October 25, 2011. established Native American studies programs, tribal schools universities, museums, and language programs. Literature is at the growing forefront of American Indian studies in many genres, with the notable exception of fiction—some traditional American Indians experience fictional narratives as insulting when they conflict with traditional oral tribal narratives.
Contemporary Native Americans have a unique relationship with the United States because they may be members of nations tribes or bands that have sovereignty and treaty rights upon which federal Indian law and a federal Indian trust relationship are basedUS Department of the Interior Indian Affairs Native American Faculty and Staff Association News University of California Davis Accessed October 25 2011 Cultural activism since the late 1960s has increased the participation of Indigenous peoples in American politics It has also led to expanded efforts to teach and preserve Indigenous languages for younger generations and to establish a more robust cultural infrastructure Native Americans have founded independent newspapers and online media outlets including First Nations Experience the first Native American television channel;"FNX First Nations Experience Television" Native American Faculty and Staff Association News University of California Davis Accessed October 25 2011 established Native American studies programs tribal schools universities museums and language programs Literature is at the growing forefront of American Indian studies in many genres with the notable exception of fiction—some traditional American Indians experience fictional narratives as insulting when they conflict with traditional oral tribal narratives