Book review of: Black Elk Speaks: Being the Life Story of a Holy Man of the Oglala Sioux by John Neihardt

Book review of: Black Elk Speaks by John G. Neihardt.

Author discusses the 1846 translation and annotation of Black Hawk’s autobiography by the Dutch pastor Rinse Posthumus; offers critical commentary on Posthumus’ station and politics as an influencing factor in his additions to and translation of the text.

Literary criticism article which examines Black Hawk: An Autobiography and argues that in addition to its value as a historical text, it should also be considered as an act of literary resistance against the narratives imposed on Indigenous peoples by mainstream society.

Discusses the Bradley Bill as it relates to the Black Hills land dispute between the United States government and the Sioux Nation.

Describes the historical events with links to both African Americans and Native American peoples.

Explores how the artist's photographs explore the issue of dual identity.

Uses content analysis of more than a thousand articles focused on environmental issues from four tribal newspapers in Wisconsin, interviews with Native American journalists, and discussions with focus group to analyze the themes and values attached to sovereignty.

Comments on a movement that has influenced mainstream attitudes towards the body, fashion, and personal aesthetics.

Presents a short story titled, Black Jack and Coal Dust, written by Kenneth M. Taylor.

Book review of: Black Silk Handkerchief: A Hom-Astubby Mystery by D. L. Birchfield. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 90.

Book review of: Black, White, and Indian by Claudio Saunt.

Examines Lakota, Tsistsistas, and Apsaalooke images that use black graphite lines to depict blood from wounds.

Book review of: Blackbird's Song by Theodore J. Karamanski. Review located by scrolling to page 143.

Discusses Brian Moore's fiction Blackrobe, and the use of obscene language, stereotyping and racial discrimination. Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.

Discusses early anthropological misconceptions about Blackfeet women and the construction and maintenance of the tipi.

Examines the Jesuit mission to the Blackfeet.

Discusses the potential for cultural reclamation and renewal by the Blackfeet due to the parks natural state. Suggests co-management of parklands in the future.

Looks at collaborative, community based development of an intervention program for treating substance use disorders that are opposite of the usual treatments.

Book review of: The Blackfoot Confederacy, 1880-1920: A Comparative Study of Canadian and U.S. Indian Policy by Hana Samek.

American Indian Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Arizona, 2014.

Book review of: Blackfoot Redemption by William E. Farr.

Author describes his project to recreate an example found in the Chicago Field Museum.

Discusses the lack of recognition for historical Indigenous cultural achievements. Achievements examined are: medicine, maple sugar, and the use of fertilizer.

Short story.

Presents an interview with Wendy Rose reflecting on her most influential works. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 71.

Book review of: On the Rez by Ian Frazier.

Discusses a play which depicts the life work and murder of the American Indian Movement's (AIM) member, Anne Mae Pictou Aquash.

Investigates an order, from the Office of Indian Affairs (OIA), that requested that all OIA physicians learn to perform the approved operations for the cure of trachoma, a disease of the eye(s), and how this policy may have caused even more suffering for patients.

Discusses the debate about what constitutes American Indian identity by contrasting U.S. government's standard of blood quantum with N. Scott Momaday's trope of "memory in the blood" as a sign of racial authenticity.

Comparative Cultural and Literary Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Arizona, 1997.

[Anthropology] Thesis (M.A.)--Oregon State University, 2009.

Looks at Native American stories about tribal culture and the survival of Indigenous memories.

Author considers different perceptions of and from people of mixed Black and Cherokee ancestry in an attempt to better understand the discourses surrounding the Cherokee Freedmen, tribal affiliations, and the constructs of individual and community identities.

A performance piece recreates the author's experiences growing up as he attempted to reclaim his Native American heritage.

Book review of: The Blood Runs Like a River Through My Dreams by Nasdijj. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.

Discusses backlash from controversial article Some People Push Back which resulted in public scrutiny of the author's identity.

Humanities Thesis (M.A.)--California State University Dominguez Hills, 1999.

Relates the historical source for Silko's information about the Bataan Death March and discusses some of the changes made in portraying the march. All this was done in an effort to aid the reader in understanding the forces that put the main character, Tayo, in need of the ceremony.

Art History Thesis (M.A.)--University of Wisconsin - Superior, 2011.

Argues that the occupation of Alcatraz Island started a process of Government repression of Indigenous activists that was without parallel in its virulence and lethal effects.

Comments on the development of the Center, and summarizes suicide prevention before and after the realization of the Center.

Book review of: Blue Jay's Dance by Louise Erdrich. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.

Problem of getting source materials for social studies teachers and the use of government documents and journal articles as an important resource.

Book review of: Blue Ravens by Gerald Vizenor.