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The Code Breakers

Alternate Title
The Nature of Things ; 2010-2011
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Niobe Thompson
Tom Radford
Presents new archaeological discoveries about when the first humans entered the new world. Episode of The Nature of Things which was broadcast January 13, 2011. Duration: 45:13
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The Collecting of Bones for Anthropological Narratives

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Robert E. Bieder
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 16, no. 2, 1992, pp. 21-35
Focuses on the gathering process, with attempts to not rejudge the past, but rather offer evidence that the collecting of remains was of questionable legality.
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Collection of Historic Artifacts from La Loche House

Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Don Steer
On information card: Collection of the historic artifacts found at La Loche House including a brass shoe buckle, cufflinks, buttons, clay pipes and tinkle cones. Methy Portage, SK.
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The Colonization of Beringia and the Peopling of the New World

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
John F. Hoffecker
W. Roger Powers
Ted Goebel
Science, vol. 259, no. 5091, New Series, January 1, 1993, pp. 46-53
Recent discoveries suggest settlement during the Pleistocene glacier pause 12,000 to 11,000 years before present.
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Columbus, Indians, and the Black Legend Hocus Pocus

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Wilbur R. Jacobs
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 17, no. 2, 1993, pp. 175-187
Discussion, told in a personal narrative style, about fighting for rights and the contributions of Aboriginal culture.
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A Comment on John Rowzée Peyton and the Mound Builders: The Elevation of a Nineteenth-Century Fraud to a Twentieth-Century Myth

Alternate Title
A Comment on John Rowzée Peyton and the Mound Builders: The Elevation of a 19th Century Fraud to a 20th Century Myth
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jeffrey K. Yelton
American Antiquity, vol. 54, no. 1, January 1989, pp. 161-165
Discusses how the mound builder myth may have been created from stories of John Rowzée' Peyton's in 1774, and writings of John Lewis Peyton, his grandson.
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Commentary [Studies in American Indian Literatures, Series 2, vol.2 no.1]

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Helen Jaskoski
Bob Nelson
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 2, no. 1, Series 2, Spring, 1990, pp. 28-29
Includes a commentary from the editors as well as a description of the Native American Scholarship Fund. Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
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Commodifications of the Past? An IPinCH KnowledgeBase Bibliography

Alternate Title
Commodifications of the Past? An IPinCH Knowledge Base Bibliography
Intellectual Property Issues in Cultural Heritage: Theory, Practice, Policy, Ethics
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
James Herbert
Lists 208 publications (articles, letters, websites, webpages, government documents, and books) deemed to be of interest to the Commodifications of the Past? Working Group from the Intellectual Property Issues in Cultural Heritage (IPinCH) research project.
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A Comparison of Eskimo and Palaeolithic Art

Alternate Title
A Comparison of Eskimo and Palaeolithic Art. [Part I]
A Comparison of Eskimo and Paleolithic Art
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Frederica de Laguna
American Journal of Archaeology, vol. 36, no. 4, October-December 1932, pp. 477-511
Examines whether Inuit are the direct cultural and ancestal links to early inhabitants of Upper Paleolithic Europe and attempts to draw conclusions through comparison of art. This is Part I of a 2-part article, see also A Comparison of Eskimo and Palaeolithic Art. Part II. Non-Representative Art
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A Comparison of Eskimo and Palaeolithic Art. Part II. Non-Representative Art

Alternate Title
A Comparison of Eskimo and Paleolithic Art. Part II. Non-Representative Art
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Frederica de Laguna
American Journal of Archaeology, vol. 37, no. 1, January-March 1933, pp. 77-107
Examines whether the Inuit may be direct cultural and blood descendants of Upper Palaeolithic European humans through a comparison of art.
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Conflict Over the Future of the Past

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Christopher Little
Totem, vol. 14, no. 1, 2006, pp. [45]-57
Discusses the history of American archaeology in conflict with Native Americans specifically the battle for Kennewick Man/The Ancient one and solutions to the conflict.
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