The Rural Review
An online journal produced in conjunction with the Rural Reconciliation Project.
The Rural Review publishes digests of important academic contributions, program information, blog-style commentary, and periodic roundups of rural items from across academic disciplines and scholarly media.
Contributions from interested authors are welcome. Find our author guidelines here.
How an Act Focusing on Native American Artifacts and Remains May Give Indigenous Communities More Bargaining Power
The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) made headlines in early 2024 as many major American museums closed exhibits and entire wings in order to comply with new regulations governing the possession and display of Native American cultural artifacts and funerary objects. But the recent regulatory changes have the potential to affect more than museum displays—they may give reservation residents a stronger say in what the government does on their land.
Infographic No. 3: Food Insecurity in Indian Country
Third in our series of infographics produced in Emily Prifogle's Law in Rural America seminar is a closer look into food insecurity in Indian Country by third-year law student at Michigan Law, Taylor Hopkins
Comfort: Political Macroenvironments and Cultural Information Protection
This digest summarizes recent research by Comfort on governmental communication within tribal nations in the US, with a focus on environmental and natural resource issues.
