Ethnicity and the Looking Glass: The Dialectics of National Indian Identity

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jeffery R. Hanson
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 21, no. 2, Spring, 1997, pp. 195-208
Description
Article examines the formation of pan-Indigenous or pan-Indian identity while considering the factors of political, economic, and ethnic marginalization. Considers different 20th Century pan-Indigenous organizations in the context of ethnic process theories.
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Ethnicity, Indian Identity, and Indian Literature

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Alan Velie
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 23, no. 1, 1999, pp. 191-205
Description
Review of three books: Postethnic America: Beyond Multiculturalism by David Hollinger. That the People Might Live: Native American Literatures and Native American Community by Jace Weaver. When Nickels Were Indians: An Urban Mixed-Blood Story by Patricia Penn Hilden.
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Ethno-Science and the Gifted

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Albert J. Snow
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 16, no. 2, January 1977, pp. [27-30]
Description
Research indicated that achievement is enhanced when examples of materials and topics relevant to Native American culture are presented.
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Ethnogenesis: Settlement and Growth of a "New People"

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jacqueline Peterson
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 06, no. 2, 1982, pp. 23-64
Description
Examines the rise of the Metis nation and culture particularly in the Great Lakes Region.
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Ethnogenetics: Interpreting Ideas about Diabetes and Inheritance

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Diane Weiner
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 23, no. 3, Special Issue on Disease, Health, and Survival Among Native Americans, 1999, pp. 155-184
Description
Investigates differences in perceptions, by health care providers and their Aboriginal clients, which led the author to believe that the differences were due, in part, to attempts by health professionals to assert authoritative control.
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The Ethnographic Perspective: Early Recorders

Alternate Title
North American Indian Thought and Culture
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Gretchen M. Bataille
Kathleen Mullen Sands
Description
Chapter excerpted from American Indian Women Telling Their Lives (p. [27]-46).
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Ethnography and Communication: Approaches to Aboriginal Media

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Marian Bredin
Canadian Journal of Communication, vol. 18, no. 3, [Crossing Borders: Issues in Native Communications], Summer, 1993, pp. [297-313]
Description
Assessment of anthropological analyses of "culture" and the use of ethnography in aboriginal media; concludes with a reading of pertinent studies in the field of exposure and use of mass media by indigenous peoples.
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Ethnography and the Production of Foreignness in Indian Captivity Narratives

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Yael Ben-Zvi
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 31, no. 4, Winter, 2008, pp. ix-xxxii
Description
Author discusses the way that the ethnographic approach to captivity narratives such as Memoirs of Odd Adventures, Strange Deliverances, etc., in the Captivity of John Gyles and A Narrative of the Captivity of Mrs. Johnson promotes several assumptions about Indigenous culture and portrays them as foreign.
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An Ethnography of the Navajo Reproductive Cycle

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Anne Wright
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 6, no. 1/2, Spring-Summer, 1982, pp. 52-70
Description
Looks at the reproductive cycles of traditional and acculturated Navajo women to compare the way that menopause is experienced based on cultural beliefs.
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Ethnohistory's Ethnohistory: Creating a Discipline from the Ground Up

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Michael E. Harkin
Social Science History, vol. 34, no. 2, Summer, 2010, pp. 113-128
Description
Examines the study of ethnographic cultures and Indigenous customs as it developed in the American Indian communities in the era of the Indian Claims Commission.
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Eulogy For a Warrior

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Micki Lindeman
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 19, no. 1, Our Story, Our Way, Fall, 2007, pp. 57-58
Description
Presents a short story titled, Eulogy For a Warrior, written by Micki Lindeman.
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Eulogy on William Apess: Speculations on His New York Death

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Robert Warrior
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 16, no. 2, Spring, 2004, pp. 1-13
Description
Examines the circumstances surrounding the death of Pequot intellectual William Apess in 1839. He published an autobiography and five nonfiction books affirming Native American culture and identity. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 1.
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Europe and the Quest for Home in James Welch's The Heartsong of Charging Elk and Leslie Marmon Silko's Gardens in the Dunes

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Suzanne Ferguson
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 18, no. 2, Summer, 2006, pp. 34-53
Description
Examines the elements in novels by Native American authors James Welch and Leslie Marmon Silko that focus on past and present relationships of European and Indigenous peoples. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 34.
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Europe's Indian, America's Jew: Modiano and Vizenor

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jonathan Boyarin
boundary 2, vol. 19, no. 3, 1492-1992: American Indian Persistence and Resurgence, Autumn, 1992, pp. 197-222
Description
Author contrasts fictions by genocide survivors, Patrick Modiano and Gerald Vizenor.
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Evaluating American Indian Materials and Resources for the Classroom

Alternate Title
[Indian Education for All]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Murton McCluskey
Laura Ferguson
Description
Discusses criteria for selecting or rejecting each type of material including: content, illustrations, and accompanying sections such as discussion questions, bibliographies, and further activities. Guidelines equally applicable to Canadian context. Rev. ed.
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Evaluating the Impact of a Culturally Sensitive Art Program on the Resilience, Perceived Stress, and Mood of Urban American Indian Youth

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Vesna Pepic
Suzanne McWilliams
Shaylynne Shuler
Heather J. Williamson
Aaron Secakuku
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 29, no. 1, 2022, pp. [37]-58
Description
An analysis of a culturally oriented art therapy program's impact on Indigenous youth's health.
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Evaluation of a Lay Health Adviser Training for a Community-Based Participatory Research Project in a Native American Community

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Vanessa M. Watts
Suzanne Christopher
Jana L. Streitz
Alma Knows His Gun McCormick
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 29, no. 3, 2005, pp. 59-79
Description
Looks at the Messages for Health community-based research project which focuses on cervical cancer on the Apsáalooke Reservation. The objectives of the study include: decreasing screening barriers, increasing cervical cancer knowledge and increasing the proportion of young women who receive Pap tests.
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Evaluation of a Native Youth Leadership Program Grounded in Cherokee Culture: The “Remember the Removal” Program

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Melissa E. Lewis
Laurelle L. Myhra
Lauren E. Vieaux
Gloria Sly
Amber Anderson ... [et al.]
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 26, no. 1, 2019, pp. 1-32
Description
Report uses qualitative, community-based participatory research method to evaluate a program designed to empower Indigenous youth. Highlights social, familial, and cultural aspects of the program that were found to be most impactful; recommends extending similar programming to other Indigenous communities.
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Evaluation of a Substance Abuse, HIV and Hepatitis Prevention Initiative For Urban Native Americans: The Native Voices Program

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kyle Nelson
Nazbah Tom
Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, vol. 43, no. 4, Growing Roots: Native American Evidence-Based Practices, October-December 2011, pp. 349-354
Description
Evaluation measured knowledge, perception of risk, sexual self-efficacy, ethnic identity and sexual risk behavior.
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Evaluation of an Entrepreneurship Education Intervention for American Indian Adolescents: Trial Design and Baseline Sample Characteristics

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Francene Larzelere
Lauren Tingey
Allison Ingalls
Feather Sprengeler
Sean Parker ... [et al.]
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 26, no. 3, 2019, pp. 1-20
Description
Study examines the outcomes of a strengths-based Entrepreneurship Education program conducted with Aboriginal youth and articulates how a participant’s baseline socio-demographic, socio-cultural, and family/household characteristics are shown to influence outcomes.
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Evaluation of the College Experience Among American Indian Upperclassmen

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Terry Huffman
Ron Ferguson
Great Plains Research, vol. 17, Spring, 2007, pp. 61-71
Description
Five year study which examined the attitudes, perceptions, and expectations of students attending a predominantly non-Indian university. Focused on two issues: impact of college on appreciation of Native American heritage and level of satisfaction with college experience.
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Evening at the Warbonnet and Other Plays

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Jane Haladay
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 20, no. 3, Fall, 2008, pp. 110-113
Description
Book review of: Evening at the Warbonnet and Other Plays by Bruce King. Entire issue on one pdf. To access review, scroll to page 110.
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An Evening With Leslie Marmon Silko

Alternate Title
Simon Ortiz and Labriola Center Lecture on Indigenous Land, Culture and Community
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Leslie Marmon Silko
Description
Author reads from her memoir, Turquoise Ledge. Duration: 51:44.
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