Projects per year
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Publications
Webster, R. M. (2018). Food Reservations at the Reservation. In B. Fiedler (Ed.), Translating National Policy to Improve Environmental Conditions Impacting Public Health Through Community Planning.
Webster, R. M. (2017). Reconsidering blood quantum criteria for the expansion of tribal jurisdiction. In N. Hill & K. Rattertree (Eds.), The Great Vanishing Act: Blood Quantum and the Future of Native Nations. Golden, CO: Fulcrum Publishing.
Webster, R. M. (2016). This land can sustain us: Cooperative land use planning on the Oneida Reservation. Planning Theory and Practice, 17(1), pp. 9-34. doi: 10.1080/14649357.2015.1135250.
Webster, R. M. (2016, January). Tribal and Local Governments: Jurisdictional Challenges Within Shared Spaces. Wisconsin Lawyer, 899(1), pp. 22-31.
Webster, R. M. (2015). Service Agreements: Exploring payment formulas for tribal trust land on the Oneida Reservation. American Indian Quarterly, 39(4), pp. 347-363.
Webster, R. M., Adams, A., III, & Armstrong, D. (2015, May). An introduction: American Indian tribes and law in Wisconsin. Wisconsin Lawyer, 88(5), pp. 18-25.
Personal profile
Shekóli swakwe·kú. Kany^teklu ní· yúkyats. Dr. Rebecca M. Webster ohslunike. Wakkwáho niwaki?taló·t^. On^yote?a·ká ni wakuhutsyot^. Talukowane nitwakenu. (Hello everyone. My name is kany^teklu which means snow scattered here and there, trying to protect the land. My English name is Dr. Rebecca M. Webster. I am wolf clan. People of the Standing Stone is the land or earth I come from. I grew up near Duck Creek in Oneida, Wisconsin.)
I am an enrolled member of the Oneida Nation. Before coming to UMD, I served my tribe’s administration as an attorney focusing on intergovernmental relations and a variety of land use issues for 13 years. While I was an attorney, I taught classes internally within the tribal structure as well as classes at Northeast Wisconsin Technical College and the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
PhD, Common boundaries: Moving toward coordinated and sustainable planning on the Oneida reservation, Walden University
Award Date: Aug 23 2014
Juris Doctor, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Award Date: Jun 2 2003
Research Interest Keywords
- American Indian studies
- public policy
- tribal administration
- federal Indian law
- tribal governance
- food sovereignty
- intergovernmental relationships
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Projects
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Workshop: The Role of Geoscience In Environmental Health Through Food Sovereignty
Todd, W. F. (PI) & Webster, R. M. (CoI)
THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
4/1/20 → 12/31/22
Project: Research project
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Traditional governance and Indigenous corn: Picking back up our Yukwanuhsyu·ní roles and responsibilities
House, T. M. & Webster, R. M., 2023, In: Administrative Theory and Praxis. 45, 4, p. 288-305 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Tribal Administration Handbook: A Guide for Native Nations in the United States
Webster, R. M. & Bauerkemper, J., Jul 1 2022, Michigan State University Press. (Makwa Enewed)Research output: Book/Report › Book
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The Wisconsin Oneida and the WPA: Stories of corn, colonialism, and revitalization
Webster, R. M., Jul 1 2021, In: Ethnohistory. 68, 3, p. 407-427 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Tribal and Local Government Agreements: Negotiating Mutually Beneficial Terms for Consideration of Services
Webster, R. M., 2020, In: American Indian Quarterly. 44, 3, p. 302 328 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Food reservations at the reservation?
Webster, R., May 9 2018, Translating National Policy to Improve Environmental Conditions Impacting Public Health Through Community Planning. Springer International Publishing, p. 131-153 23 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
4 Scopus citations
Press/Media
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How Native Americans Are Fighting a Food Crisis
4/13/20
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment or Interview