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American Indians and the Pavee of Ireland: The Struggle for Self-Determination Through Fair and Accountable Police Services
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Eileen M. Luna-Firebaugh
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 37, no. 4, Fall, 2013, pp. 317-339
Description
Looks at responsibility for the provision of essential services which enhance the quality of life for Indigenous people in both Ireland the United States.
American Indians and the Santa Fe Trail
E-Books
Author/Creator
James Riding
Description
Includes annotated bibliography of fifteen hundred primary and secondary sources and spread sheets of interactions with information about date, place, participants, numbers injured, type of encounter, significance and source.
American Indians and the Urban Experience
Alternate Title
Contemporary Native American Communities: Stepping Stones to the Seventh Generation
E-Books
Author/Creator
Joy Harjo
Susan Lobo
Jack D. Forbes
Carol Miller
Octaviana V. Trujillo ...
Debra Valentino ...
Kurt M. Peters ...
Julian Lang ...
Angela A. Gonzales ...
Renya Ramirez
Victoria Bomberry
Christine T. Lowery
American Indians, Anthropologists, Pothunters, and Repatriation: Ethical, Religious, and Political Differences
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Devon A. Mihesuah
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 20, no. 2, Repatriation: An Interdisciplinary Dialogue, Spring, 1996, pp. 229-237
Description
Editorial piece in which the author offers an Indigenous perspective on and criticism of the practices of archaeologists and physical anthropologists in relation to the physical remains and funerary artifacts of Indigenous peoples.
American Indians at Wounded Knee in Current U.S. History High School Textbooks: Discourse Analysis Using the APPRAISAL JUDGMENT System
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Michael W. Simpson
Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 21, no. 2, Proceedings of the 2010 Western Social Science Association American Indian Studies Section, Summer, 2010, pp. 1-9
Description
Illustrates the use of a system that can aide in the critical examination of historical discourse.
American Indians Born in Canada and the Right of Free Access to the United States
Alternate Title
Research Report (Border Policy Research Institute) ; no. 20
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Greg Boos
Greg McLawsen
Description
Comments on Jay Treaty rights established for free border passage and the scope and application of the term "American Indian born in Canada" in today's context.
American Indians Higher Education Before 1974: From Colonization to Self-Determination
Alternate Title
Section A: International
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
David R.M. Beck
Australian Journal of Indigenous Education, vol. 27, no. 2, 1999, pp. 12-23
Description
Brief overview of significant events in the evolution of secondary education.
American Indians in High Education: A History of Cultural Conflict
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Bobby Wright
William G. Tierney
Change, vol. 23, no. 2, March/April 1991, pp. 11-18
Description
Explores Indian higher education beginning with early colonial efforts to the federal control focused on assimilation efforts and finally the move to self controlled Tribal colleges.
American Indians in the Great War
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Russel Lawrence Barsh
Ethnohistory, vol. 38, no. 3, Summer, 1991, pp. 276-303
Description
Describes Native American involvement in World War I, which deepened the political integration of Native communities into mainstream American life.
American Indians in the News: A Media Portrayal in Crime Articles
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Adrienne Freng
American Indian Culture & Research Journal, vol. 31, no. 1, 2007, pp. 21-37
Description
Explores printed media coverage of Native Americans to determine whether racial and or ethnicity profiling differs from others and whether it contributes to stereotyping.
American Indians in the Twenty-First Century: Renewing Traditional Inclusive Leadership and Consensus Building in the Developing Moment
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Stephen M. Sachs
Indigenous Policy Journal of the Indigenous Studies Network, vol. 16, no. 2, Fall, 2005, p. [?]
Description
Discusses how an inclusive and participatory leadership can play an essential role in improving tribal governance with federal, state and local governments in the United States.
Access article through table of contents.
American Indians of the Pacific Northwest Collection
Web Sites » Organizations
Description
Collection includes over 2,300 original photographs, annual reports of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to the Secretary of the Interior from 1851 to 1908 and six Indian Treaties negotiated in 1855. Study questions suitable for use by K-12 teachers.
American Indians, Place Meanings and the Old/New West
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Leo McAvoy
Journal of Leisure Research, vol. 34, no. 4, 2002, pp. 383-396
Description
Looks at cultural differences in place meanings for national parks, national forests, wilderness, and protected areas. Discusses some pan-Indian characteristics or positions.
American Indians, the Doctrine of Discovery, and Manifest Destiny
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Robert J. Miller
Wyoming Law Review, vol. 11, no. 2, 2011, pp. [329]-349
Description
Lists ten distinct elements of the Doctrine of Discovery which all became part of Manifest Destiny and were used to justify the acquisition of foreign lands.
American Indians: The Image of the Indian
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Brian W. Dippie
Description
Discusses historical representations of Indigenous peoples such as the noble and ignoble savage, the assumptions underpinning these concepts, and debates among historians about stereotypes and makes suggestions for guiding classroom discussions.
American Indians (U.S. & Canada): A Bibliography of Contemporary Studies and Urban Research. Supplement to The Council of Planning Librarians Exchange Bibliographies No. 376-377
Alternate Title
Council of Planning Librarians Exchange Bibliography ; 594
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
James N. Kerri
Description
Supplement to the general bibliography section of American Indians (U.S. & Canada): A Bibliography of Contemporary Studies and Urban Research compiled by James N. Kerri.
Dated material. Published in 1974.
American Masculinity in Crisis: Cordell Walker and the Indianized White Hero
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Michael Ray FitzGerald
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 38, no. 2, 2014, pp. 67-88
Description
Examines the lead character from Walker: Texas Ranger as an amalgamation of a white man and Native stereotype.
American Studies, Ethnography, and Knowledge Production: The Case of American Indian Performers at Knott's Berry Farm
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
David Kamper
American Studies, vol. 46, no. 3-4, pp. 339-361
Description
Looks at how ethnography can add to the understanding of intellectual, social, and cultural life and the collaboration between scholars and research subjects.
Joint issue with: Indigenous Studies Today Issue 1, Spring 2006.
Americanization on Native Terms: The Society of American Indians, Citizenship Debates, and Tropes of "Racial Difference"
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Cristina Stanciu
NAIS: Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, vol. 6, no. 1, 2019, pp. 111-148
Description
Discusses the way in which some members of the Society of American Indians (SAI) advocated for a model of “Americanization” of Indigenous people that allows for the “performance of both American and Native allegiances,” and enfranchised Indigenous peoples as full citizens.
"Americanizing" American Indian Girls through the Off-Reservation Boarding School System
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Crystal Colleen Miles
Ex Post Facto, vol. 22, Spring, 2013, pp. [67]-82
Description
Focuses on the autobiographies of six women: Zitkala-Sa, Helen Sekaquaptewa, Polingaysi Quoyawayma, Anna Moore Shaw, Irene Stewart, and Angel Decora.
Americans and Other Aliens in the Navajo Historical Imagination in the Nineteenth Century
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
William H. Lyon
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 24, no. 1, Winter, 2000, pp. 142-161
Description
Author attempts to imagine the ways that the Navajo people would have viewed others by considering Diné stories, historical events in which the Navajo expressed ideas about or initiated actions towards other peoples, and the words of Navajo spokespersons.
Americans: How Is It That Indians Can Be So Present and So Absent in American Life?
Web Sites » Virtual Exhibits
Author/Creator
National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI)
Description
Virtual exhibition links to four topics: The Invention of Thanksgiving, Queen of America (Pocahontas), The Removal Act, and The Indians Win (Battle of Little Bighorn).
The Americas Before and After 1492: An Introduction to Current Geographical Research
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Karl W. Butzer
Annals of the Association of American Geographers, vol. 82, no. 3, September 1992, pp. 345-368
Description
Introductory essay outlines the contributions of the ten attached reviews focused on the title theme from a variety of different subject areas.
Amherst College Collection of Native American Literature (Selections)
Alternate Title
[The Kim-Wait/Eisenberg Native American Literature Collection]
Archival » Collections (primary materials)
Author/Creator
Amherst College Archives and Special Collections
Description
The collection includes fiction, poetry, history, philosophy, sermons, anthropological works, photography, activist manifestos, books for children, etc.
Currently the project involves digitizing material published prior to 1923.