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Notes on the Historical Source Material in the Ayer Collection on the North American Indian Presented by Edward E. Ayer to the Newberry Library, Chicago.

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
The Newberry Library
Description
Notes on the Edward E. Ayer collection, located in The Newberry Library in Chicago, Illinois.

Historical note:

"In 1911 Edward E. Ayer, a Chicago businessman, presented to The Newberry Library his collection of historical source material relating chiefly to the discovery, exploration and colonization of North America and to the native races of North America, the Hawaiian Islands and the Philippine Islands. It contains at present about 49,000 volumes, bound pamphlets, manuscripts, documents and other accessioned pieces."
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Overturning the (New World) Order: Of Space, Time, Writing, and Prophecy in Leslie Marmon Silko’s Almanac of the Dead

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Yvonne Reineke
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 10, no. 3, Series 2; [Special Issue on] Almanac of the Dead, Fall, 1998, pp. 65-83
Description
Explores how the writer replaces the European linear thinking about time and replaces it with the indigenous viewpoint of circularity. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
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The Peace Process in Chiapas Has Suffered a New Setback

Articles » General
Author/Creator
[International Peace Service - SIPAZ]
Indigenous Affairs, no. 2, Militarization, 2001, p. 70
Description
Brief article provides an update on political developments in Chiapas, Mexico. To access this article scroll down to page 70.
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A Popoloc Riddle

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Annette Veerman-Leichsenring
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 8, no. 4, Series 2; European Writings on Native American Literatures, Winter, 1996, pp. [1]-12
Description
Author discusses, and includes transcription of a tribal story, a version of the tale of Oepedius, related to her by a Popoloc storyteller. The tale is a metaphor: a human's life lasts only a day, and they start life as animals. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
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A Pox on Our Nation

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Christopher J. Rutty
Canada's History, vol. 95, no. 1, February-March 2015, pp. 28-35
Description
Traces the spread of smallpox and the effects on the Aboriginal population of North America.
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Prevalence and Severity of Intimate Partner Violence in Women Living in Eight Indigenous Regions of Mexico

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rosario Valdez-Santiago
Martha Híjar
Rosalba Rojas Martínez
Leticia Ávila Burgos
María de la Luz Arenas Monreal
Social Science & Medicine, vol. 82, April 2013, p. 51–57
Description
Presents results of the study on the physical, sexual, or psychological harm of violence by a partner and the related socioeconomic and demographic variables.
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Protecting Sacred Sites

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Steve Sachs
Indigenous Policy Journal of the Indigenous Policy Network, vol. 14, no. 2, Fall, 2003, p. [46]
Description
Very brief article discusses the protection of sites sacred to Indigenous people in the United States. Access through table of contents.
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Recent Dissertations

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 26, no. 2, Spring, 2002, pp. 320-321
Description
A list of Indigenous-related theses and dissertations 2001-2002, alphabetical by author.
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Repatriation: An Interdisciplinary Dialogue, Introduction to the Special Issue

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Devon A. Mihesuah
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 20, no. 2, Repatriation: An Interdisciplinary Dialogue, Spring, 1996, pp. 153-164
Description
Article is the Associate Editor of AIQ’s introduction to the journal’s special issue on repatriation. Discusses issues of remains and sacred objects that have been collected, used for research, and stored in museums and other cultural institutions. Discusses the different disciplines that have historically and continue to be party to the collection and repatriation of Indigenous peoples’ material culture and personal remains.
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