"Becoming Minor": Reading The Woman Who Owned the Shadows

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Renae Bredin
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 6, no. 4, Series 2. Critical Approaches, Winter, 1994, pp. 36-50
Description
Looks at how Paula Gunn Allen has constructed a social identity that transforms the borderlands of reader, writer, and text to examine the issues of positionality and essentialism. Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
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Behavioral and Mental Health Challenges for Indigenous Youth: Research and Clinical Perspectives for Primary Care

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Michael Storch
Timothy Beal
Jan Garver Bacon
Polly Olsen
Pediatric Clinics of North America, vol. 56, no. 6, Health Issues in Indigenous Children: An Evidence Based Approach for the General Pediatrician, December 2009, pp. 1461-1479
Description
Looks at practical applications and resilience strategies for clinicians working with Indigenous youth and families.
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Behind the Shadows of Wounded Knee: The Slippage of Imagination in Wynema: A Child of the Forest

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lisa Tatonetti
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 16, no. 1, Spring, 2004, pp. 1-31
Description
Contends that the depiction of the 1890 Lakota Ghost Dance and the Wounded Knee massacre in Sophia Alice Callahan's novel, the first known novel by an Native American woman, provides a Native American perspective on self-identity in the late nineteenth century. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 1.
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Being Idle No More: The Women Behind the Movement

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Febna Caven
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 37, no. 1, The Electronic Drum: Community Radios Role in Indigenous Language Revitalization, March 2013, p. [?]
Description
Discusses the grassroots movement that is challenging the legislative onslaught upon Indigenous treaty rights, sovereignty, and the environment.
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Being Indian in White Country

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Michael Bonga
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 19, no. 1, Our Story, Our Way, Fall, 2007, p. 55
Description
Presents a poem titled, Being Indian in White Country, written by Michael Bonga.
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Being Indigenous: Resurgences Against Contemporary Colonialism

Alternate Title
Politics of Identity [Series] - IX
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Taiaiake Alfred
Jeff Corntassel
Government and Opposition, vol. 40, no. 4, Autumn, 2005, pp. 597-614
Description
Looks at ways Indigenous communities can renew themselves and withstand further assaults on their identity from corporations, settler societies and states.
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Being Influenced: A Cherokee Way of Mentoring

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
John Lowe
Journal of Cultural Diversity, vol. 12, no. 2, Summer, 2005, pp. 37-49
Description
Reports on research findings related to how the Cherokee male achieves self-reliance and how health care professionals can incorporate the Cherokee concept of self-reliance into health care.
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“Being Judged by Its Fruits”: Transforming Indian Land into Orchards along the Arkansas River, 1800–1867

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
John J. Buchkoski
Great Plains Quarterly, vol. 39, no. 1, Winter, January 10, 2019, pp. 39-58
Description
Author compares the way in which settlers in the Arkansas River Valley made use of the natural land to cultivate orchards and vineyards to the way local Indigenous nations had lived on the land.
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Being There: The Importance of a Field Experience

in Teaching Native American Literature

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Roberta Rosenberg
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 12, no. 2, Series 2, Summer, 2000, pp. [38]-60
Description
Author argues the importance of non-Indian students experiencing direct contact with the culture in order to enhance their understanding of the literature. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
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Belated Justice? The Indian Claims Commission and the Waitangi Tribunal

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
David Wishart
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 25, no. 1, 2001, pp. 81-111
Description
Compares the U.S. Indian Claims Commission and New Zealand Waitangi Tribunal to determine which achieved the greatest redress for their government's injustices through colonization.
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"The Belly of This Story": Storytelling and Symbolic Birth

in Native American Fiction

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mary Chapman
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 7, no. 2, Series 2, Summer, 1995, pp. 3-16
Description
Looks at how the traditional myths of creation takes place through language and song rather than sexual reproduction. The article also discusses how gender is less important than language. Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
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Beloved Stomp Dance

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Tricia Fields
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 21, no. 1, Celebrating Tribal College Journals 20th Anniversary, Fall, 2009, p. 56
Description
Presents a poem titled, Beloved Stomp Dance, written by a student of the College of the Muscogee Nation in Okmulgee, OK.
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Beneath the Underdog: Race, Religion, and the Trail of Tears

Alternate Title
Beneath the Underdog Race, Religion, and the Trail of Tears
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Patrick Minges
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 25, no. 3, Summer, 2001, pp. 453-479
Description
Chronicles racism and religious intolerance surrounding Native Americans and African Americans and their relationship with each other.
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Beneath the Underdog: Race, Religion, and the Trail of Tears

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Patrick Minges
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 25, no. 3, Summer, June 1, 2001, pp. 453-479
Description
History of the institution of chattel slavery with a focus on the relationship between the Chocktaws, Chickasaws, Cherokees, and Mvskokean Cherokee and African slaves; including the forced relocation known as the "Trail Where We Cried" or the "Trail of Tears".
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Benjamin West's 'Indian Family'

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Hugh Honour
The Burlington Magazine, vol. 125, no. 969, December 1983, pp. 726-733
Description
Traces American artist's years in Italy and his painting, Indian Family in 1761.
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[Bennie Klain]

Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Bennie Klain
Description
Filmmaker screens and briefly discusses the short Share the Wealth, and the documentary Weaving Worlds. Duration: 1:22:37.
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Bernie Whitebear: An Urban Indian's Quest for Justice

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Carrie Louise Sheffield
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 20, no. 3, Fall, 2008, pp. 105-108
Description
Book review of: Bernie Whitebear: An Urban Indian's Quest for Justice by Lawney L. Reyes. Entire issue on one pdf. To access review, scroll to page 105.
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The Best of Both Worlds: Otherness, Appropriation, and Identity in Thunderheart

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sam Pack
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 16, no. 2, Fall, 2001, pp. 97-114
Description
Analyzes the 1992 Tri-Star Pictures release which breaks new ground on two fronts, an all Native American cast except the lead role, and use of a contemporary setting. Screenplay by John Fusco, directed by Michael Apted and produced by Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal, and John Fusco.
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