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Borderland Voices in Contemporary Native American Poetry

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Robin Riley Fast
Contemporary Literature, vol. 36, no. 3, Autumn, 1995, pp. [508]-536
Discusses the many "borders", e.g. between the traditional and the modern, that inform the work of Native American poets.
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Borders

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Thomas King
World Literature Today, vol. 66, no. 2, From This World: Contemporary American Indian Literature, Spring, 1992, pp. 269-273
Presents a short story by prolific author.
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Borders and the Borderless Coast Salish: Decolonising Historiographies of Indigenous Schools

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Michael Marker
History of Education, vol. 44, no. 4, 2015, pp. 480-502
Looks at differences in Canadian and American education policies between 1930 and 1970. Covers topics on Canadian residential schools in B.C., American boarding schools in Washington State, and the role of churches in Canadian policy.
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Borrowing Power: Racial Metaphors and Pseudo-Indian Mascots

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
C. Richard King
CR: The New Centennial Review, vol. 4, no. 1, Spring, 2004, pp. 189-209
Analysis of pseudo-Indian mascots and anti-Indian symbols in sports, arguing they offer, sometimes in a powerful way, insights into race and race relations.
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Borrowing Trouble: Predatory Lending in Native American Communities

Alternate Title
Predatory Lending in Native American Communities
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Miriam Jorgensen
Sarah Dewees
Karen Edwards
Discusses payday loans, refund anticipation loans and checks, car title lonas, and pawnshop loans. Includes analysis of data from several surveys, five case studies of promising practices, and suggestions for Tribal governments wanting to curb the impact of predatory lending. 2003 Report.
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Bound for the Fair: Chief Joseph, Quanah Parker, and Geronimo and the 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
James R. Swensen
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 43, no. 4, Fall, 2019, pp. 439-470
Author examines several images contemporary to the 1904 World’s Fair, discusses the way in which Indigenous people were portrayed as "spectacle, commodity and spoil of American conquest;" articulates ways that some Indigenous Leaders both corroborated these portrayals and subverted them.
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Bowman Books: A Gathering Place For Indigenous New England

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Siobhan Senier
Studies in American Indian Literatures , vol. 27, no. 1, Spring, 2015, pp. 96-111
Looks at Bowman Books Publishing whose main focus is Indigenous writing and oral tradition from the Northeast United States.
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Bowwow Powwow

Alternate Title
Indian Education for All Language Arts Model Teaching Unit
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian Education for All Unit, Montana Office of Public Instruction

Lesson plan for book written by Brenda J. Child and illustrated by Jonathan Thunder. Designed for Pre-K to Grade 2.

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Boye Ladd: A Visit from a Friend

Articles » General
Windspeaker, vol. 21, no. 11, February 2004, p. 21

Powwow dancer, Boye Ladd, relates traditional teachings on various topics relating to First Nations culture, including information about the sacred drum, respect for other people and groups, and the right to wear an eagle feather.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.29.

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Brain-Hemispheric Functions and the Native American

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Allen Chuck Ross
Journal of American Indian Education, Special, August 1989, pp. [72-76]
Author states traditional Native Americans are right hemisphere dominant, while the education system is oriented to the left brain.
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Breaking Away: The Novels of Gerald Vizenor

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Wolfgang Hochbruck
World Literature Today, vol. 66, no. 2, From This World: Contemporary American Indian Literature, Spring, 1992, pp. 274-278
Comments on one of the most prolific Native American authors and the trademarks of his narrative fiction.
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Breaking Out of the Lens

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Deena Rymhs
Canadian Literature, no. 167, First Nations Writing, Winter, 2000, pp. 139-141
Book reviews of: Hollywood's Indian: The Portrayal of the Native American in Film edited by Peter C. Rollins and John E. O'Connor. Speaking for the Generations: Native Writers on Writing by Simon Ortiz. Full issue on one pdf. Scroll down to page 139 to read reviews.
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Breast Cancer Mortality among American Indian and Alaska Native Women, 1990-2009

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Arica White
Lisa C. Richardson
Chunyu Li
Donatus U. Ekwueme
Judith S. Kaur
American Journal of Public Health, vol. 104, no. S3, Supplement 3, June 2014, pp. S432-S438
Looks at death rates from breast cancer and death rates after having breast cancer by comparing data from AI/AN and white women.
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Bridging Disparity: A Multidisciplinary Approach For Influenza Vaccination In An American Indian Community

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Marc Traeger
Alette Thompson
Elizabeth Dickson
August Provencio
American Journal of Public Health, vol. 96, no. 5, May 2006, pp. 921-925
Concludes that vaccination rates in targeted groups of an American Indian population were achieved, and suggests that they are comparable to or higher than rates in other U.S populations.
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Bridging Past and Present: A Study of Precontact Yup'ik Masks from the Nunalleq Site, Alaska

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Anna Mossolova
Rick Knecht
Arctic Anthropology, vol. 56, no. 1, 2019, pp. 18-38
Article uses archaeological, ethnographic, and oral history accounts to examine several masks and fragments recently recovered from the Nunalleq archeological site. Findings demonstrate strong pre-contact traditions of ceremonial mask making that continued post contact.
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