Mexico

The Seri Indians Today

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
David Burckhalter
Journal of the Southwest, vol. 42, no. 3, Autumn, 2000, pp. 384-402
Description
Discusses the social life and customs of the Seri Indians of Sonora, Mexico.
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Sesquiterpene Lactone Containing Mexican Indian Medicinal Plants and Pure Sesquiterpene Lactones as Potent Inhibitors of Transcription Factor NF-kB

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Peter M. Bork
M. Lienhard Schmitz
Michaela Kuhnt
Claudia Escher
Michael Heinrich
FEBS Letters, vol. 402, no. 1, January 1997, pp. 85-90
Description
Studies the possible regressive effect of 54 Mexican Indian mecidinal plants on the activation of transcription factor NF-kB.
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Shaping the Taraspanglish Diaspora

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Argelia González Hurtado
Decolonization, vol. 4, no. 1, 2015, pp. 59-83
Description
Looks at the way diasporic experience builds and represents identities in the documentary video project entitled Taraspanglish Shorts/Cortos Tarasplanglish.
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Sierra Popoluca Folklore and Beliefs

Alternate Title
University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology ; v.42, no.2
E-Books
Author/Creator
George M. Foster
Description
Part of: University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology, vol. 42, (pp177-250).
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Sing: Poetry from the Indigenous Americas edited by Allison Adelle Hedge Coke; Mauri Ola: Contemporary Polynesian Poems in English: Whetu Monana II edited by Albert Wendt, Reina Whaitiri, and Robert Sullivan

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Chadwick Allen
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 25, no. 1, Spring, 2013, pp. 116-118
Description
Book reviews of Sing edited by Allison Adelle Hedge Coke and Mauri Ola edited by Albert Wendt, Reina Whaitiri, and Robert Sullivan. Entire issue on one pdf. To access reviews, scroll to page 116.
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Song of the Hummingbird by Graciela Limón.

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Alesia García
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 12, no. 2, Series 2, Summer, 2000, pp. 106-108
Description
Book review of: Song of the Hummingbird by Graciela Limón. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
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Speaking Across the Divide

Alternate Title
E-mail interview with Simon J. Ortiz
E-mail Interview: Gloria E. Anzaldúa
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Inés Hernández-Avila
Domino Perez
Gloria E. Anzaldúa
Simon J. Ortiz
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 15, no. 3-4, Series 2, Fall-Winter, 2003-2004, pp. 7-22
Description
Interviews with Gloria E. Anzaldúa, author of the seminal work Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza and Simon J. Ortiz. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
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The Spread of Firearms among the Indian Tribes on the Northern Frontier of New Spain

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Thomas Frank Schilz
Donald E. Worcester
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 11, no. 1, Winter, 1987, pp. 1-10
Description
Looks at the impact of firearms to Indigenous nations in the Spanish America frontier. Spanish policy prohibited the trading of firearms to Indigenous people but Indigenous tribes obtained firearms from French or British allies instead..
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Strategy As Lived: Mixed Communities in the Age of New Nations

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Daniel H. Calhoun
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 22, no. 1/2, Winter-Spring, 1998, pp. 181-202
Description
Article examines the different structures and ways of being expressed by bi-racial or multi-racial communities in 19th century North America, considers some of the mainstream/anglo responses to these peoples and communities.
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Strengthening Indigenous Communication in Abya Yala

Articles » General
Author/Creator
María del Rosario Sul González
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 37, no. 4, The Future We Want: Indigenous Women of the World Unite, December 2013, p. [?]
Description
Discusses the efforts to create a permanent space for Indigenous media to share experiences, challenges and aspirations in the field of communications.
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The Sun Unwound: Original Texts From Occupied America

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Edward W. Huffstetler
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 13, no. 1, Series 2; Representations of American Indians in Contemporary Narrative Fiction Film , Spring, 2001, pp. 87-90
Description
Book review of: The Sun Unwound edited by Edward Dorn and Gordon Brotherston. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
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There Is No Question of American Indian Genocide

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Melissa Michal Slocum
Transmotion, vol. 4, no. 2, Genocide Special Issue, December 30, 2018, pp. 1-30
Description
Article introduces the special edition on the genocide of Indigenous Peoples in the Americas; the author examines the way that international definitions of genocide actively work to exclude Native Americans and works to redefine the term from a Haudenosaunee perspective.
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Third Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1881-'82

E-Books
Author/Creator
John Wesley Powell
Description
Report includes the following papers: Report of the Director by J. W. Powell Notes on Certain Maya and Mexican Manuscripts by Cyrus Thomas On Masks, Labrets, and Certain Aboriginal Customs by William H. Dall Omaha Sociology by Rev. J. Owen Dorsey Navajo Weavers by Dr. Washington Matthews Prehistoric Textile Fabrics of the United States by William H. Holmes Illustrated Catalogue of a Portion of the Collections Made by the Bureau of Ethnology During the Field Season of 1881 by William H.
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Thunderweavers/Tejedoras de Rayos. Juan Felipe Herrera.

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Scot Guenter
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 14, no. 4, Series 2, Winter, 2002, pp. 54-
Description
Book review of:Thunderweavers/Tejedoras de rayos. Juan Felipe Herrera. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
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"To Take Their Heritage in Their Hands": Indigenous Self-Representation and Decolonization in the Community Museums of Oaxaca, Mexico

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ellen Hoobler
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 30, no. 3/4, Decolonizing Archaeology, Summer - Autumn, 2006, pp. 441-460
Description
Article explores the community-based practice of creating place-based museums to house the artifacts recovered from archaeological sites in the Oaxaca region of Mexico, argues these institutions validate local knowledges and traditions and function as means to promote education and cultural understanding.
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A Toolkit to Support Conservation by Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities: Building Capacity and Sharing Knowledge for Indigenous Peoples’ and Community Conserved Territories and Areas (ICCAs)

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
United Nations Environment Programme
United Nations Development Programme
Description
Documents sixteen case studies and highlights innovative tools and approaches developed to help local communities address critical challenges that affect their natural and cultural resources.
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Trails to Tiburon

Alternate Title
The 1894 and 1895 Field Diaries of W.J. McGee
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Hazel McFeely Fontana
Bernard L. Fontana
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 26, no. 1, Winter, January 1, 2002, pp. 160-163
Description
Book review of: Trails to Tiburon: the 1894 and 1895 Field Diaries of W. J. McGee edited by Hazel McFeely Fontana and Bernard L. Fontana.
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Transformative Travel: Experiences in Mexico, NYC Change Student's lives

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Barbara Ellen Sorensen
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 22, no. 2, Crossing Borders, Winter, 2010
Description
Reflections from students, who travelled to Chiapas, Mexico and New York City, include personal growth and a broader understanding of world issues.
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Twenty-Fifth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1903-04

Alternate Title
25th Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1903-04
E-Books
Author/Creator
W. H. Holmes
Description
Report includes the following papers: Report of the Chief by W. H. Holmes The Aborigines of Porto Rico and Neighboring Islands by Jesse Walter Fewkes Certain Antiquities of Eastern Mexico by Jesse Walter Fewkes
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Twenty-Sixth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1904-1905

Alternate Title
26th Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1904-1905
E-Books
Author/Creator
W. H. Holmes
Description
Report includes the following papers: Report of the Chief by W. H. Holmes The Pima Indians by Frank Russell Social Condition, Beliefs, and Linguistic Relationship of the Tlingit Indians by John R. Swanton
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Two Maya Tales from the Mérida Cereso

Alternate Title
Two Maya Tales from the Merida Cereso
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Audrey Adele Harris
Transmotion, vol. 5, no. 1, Native American Narratives in a Global Context, July 11, 2019, pp. 166-183
Description
Author presents a translation of and critical introduction to two short stories written in prison writing workshops by Yucatecan writers Zindy Abreu Barón and Yesli Dayanili Pech Pech; discusses how each story contains elements of Mayan traditional stories.
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Tzeltal Grammar

Theses
Author/Creator
Terrence Scott Kaufman
Description
Linguistics Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, Berkeley, 1963.
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Unknown Athapaskans: The Identification of the Jano, Jocome, Jumano, Manso, Suma, and Other Indian Tribes of the Southwest

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jack D. Forbes
Ethnohistory, vol. 6, no. 2, Spring, 1959, pp. 97-159
Description
Report describing issues encountered by researchers investigating language and culture of Athabaskan tribes that disappeared before scientific observers arrived in the Southwestern United States and Northern Mexico areas.
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