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Big Vibrators, Bums, and Big Explosions: Danger and Reward in Teaching Sherman Alexie
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
RosaMaria Chacon
Teaching American Literature, vol. 6, no. 2, Summer, 2013, pp. 39-66
Description
Discusses some of the issues involved in using Alexie's works in university-level literature classes, focusing on the short stories Do Not Go Gentle, Can I Get a Witness? and What You Pawn I Will Redeem from the collection Ten Little Indians.
Bill Demmert and Native Education in Alaska
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ray Barnhardt
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 50, no. 1, 2011, pp. 49-59
Description
"This article describes the influences of William Demmert's formative years growing up in Alaska and his years as an educator of Native American students upon his career in Native education policy".
Bill Demmert, Native American Language Revitalization and His Hawai'i Connection
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nāmaka Rawlins
William Pila Wilson
Keiki Kawai'ae'a
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 50, no. 1, 2011, pp. 74-85
Description
Looks at relationship of Demmert with Native American language immersion schooling activists beginning in the 1990s.
The Binary of Meaning: Native/American Indian Media in the 21st Century
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Meta G. Carstarphen
John P. Sanchez
Howard Journal of Communication, vol. 21, no. 4, Special Forum: American Indians and the Media, November 2010, pp. 319-327
Description
Looks for significant changes through a narrative framework and uses the example of Cobell v. Salazar. Suggests six themes for future research.
Biological Absorption and Genocide: A Comparison of Indigenous Assimilation Policies in the United States and Australia
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Katherine Ellinghaus
Genocide Studies and Prevention, vol. 4, no. 1, Spring, 2009, pp. 59-79
Description
Discusses theories which were based on the premise that interracial relationships would basically 'breed out' Indigenous people.
The Biological Encounter: Disease and the Ideological Domain
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
William A. Starna
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 16, no. 4, Shamans and Preachers, Color Symbolism and Commercial Evangelism: Reflections on Early Mid-Atlantic , Autumn, 1992, pp. 511-519
Description
Author discusses Indigenous medical practices; lists some maladies that were effectively treated using Indigenous medicine and notes those diseases brought from Europe for which Indigenous peoples had no treatment.
Biological Relationships Between Foragers and Farmers of South-Central North America: Nonmetric Dental Traits
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Matthew Taylor
Darrell Creel
American Antiquity, vol. 77, no. 1, January 2012, pp. 99-114
Description
Findings indicate relatively diverse backgrounds with little gene flow between the two groups, each presumably having arisen from relatively distant common ancestry.
Biomapping Indigenous Peoples: Towards an Understanding of the Issues
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Kim TallBear
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 38, no. 2, pp. 139-143
Description
Book review of: Biomapping Indigenous Peoples edited by Susanne Berthier-Foglar, Sheila Collingwood-Whittick, and Sandrine Tolazzi.
Review located by scrolling to page 139.
The Birth of an Activist: Fred Mahone and the Politicization of the Hualapai, 1918 to 1923
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Christian McMillen
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 27, no. 1, 2003, pp. 33-60
Description
Tells part of the story of the landmark Supreme Court case United States, as Guardian of the Hualapai Indians of Arizona v. Santa Fe Pacific Railroad Co. (1941) and looks closely at a brief period in Mahone’s life, one in which he went from student to soldier to activist.
The Birth of TCJ: Father's Curiosity Launched Paul Boyer on His Journey into Indian Country
Alternate Title
The Birth of Tribal College Journal: Father's Curiosity Launched Paul Boyer on his Journey Into Indian Country
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Juan Avila Hernandez
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 21, no. 1, Celebrating Tribal College Journals 20th Anniversary, Fall, 2009, pp. 22-24
Description
Explains the history of the Tribal College Journal and its tie to Native American Colleges.
Birthweight-Specific Infant Mortality for Native Americans Compared with Whites, Six States, 1980
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mark J. Vanlandingham
James W. Buehler
Carol J. R. Hogue
Lilo T. Strauss
American Journal of Public Health, vol. 78, no. 5, May 1988, pp. 499-503
Description
Study uses data from the National Infant Mortality Surveillance (NIMS) project to compare birthweights and mortality risks among Native American and White infants.
The Biscuit Brothers Go Fishing
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Larry D. Madden
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 20, no. 1, Native Voices, Modern Media, Fall, 2008, pp. 48-49
Description
Presents a short story titled, The Biscuit Brothers Go Fishing, written by Larry D. Madden.
Bison: The Past, Present, and Future of the Great Plains, an Introduction
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kenneth Winkle
Great Plains Quarterly, vol. 21, no. 2, Spring, 2001 , pp. 99-100
Description
Briefly outlines the three essays highlighted in this issue of the Great Plains Quarterly chosen from those presented at the Center for Great Plains Studies' 24th Interdisciplinary Symposium on the Bison.
Bitter Feast: Amerindians and Europeans in Northeastern North America, 1600-64
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Larry G. Bowman
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 20, no. 1, Winter, 1996, pp. 135-138
Description
Book review of: Bitter Feast: Amerindians and Europeans in Northeastern North America. 1600-64 by Denys Delage; translated from the French by Jane Brierly.
The Bitter Humor of "Winter in the Blood"
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Andrew Horton
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 4, no. 2, A Special Symposium Issue on James Welch's , 1978, pp. 131-139
Description
Looks into the role of humor for the main character in James Welch's novel to take control of his life as things out of his control occur throughout the narrative.
Black Elk's Relationship to Christianity
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Clyde Holler
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 8, no. 1, Winter, 1984, pp. 37-49
Description
Using Lakota leader Black Elk's relationship with Christianity to discuss the evolution of Indigenous religions influenced by European culture, ideals and religion.