From Fish Weir to Waterfall

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kenneth D. Tollefson
Martin L. Abbott
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 17, no. 2, Spring, 1993, pp. 209-225
Description
Article examines the meanings and significance of the Snoqualmie Falls to the Snoqualmie people; considers historic, political, and spiritual/traditional contexts. Examines a current conflict surrounding the falls which involves the Puget Sound Power and Light Company.
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From Gaming to Justice? A Note on the Effect of American Indian Casinos on Tribal Judicial Systems

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Randall Akee
NAIS: Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, vol. 6, no. 1, 2019, pp. 32-42
Description
Uses data from the 2002 Census of Tribal Justice Agencies in American Indian and Alaska Native Jurisdiction to discuss the complicated issues of using on-reserve gaming revenues to fund tribal judicial systems; notes that while funding might be increased by gaming, so might be the need for tribal judicial resources.
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From JSTOR to Jiní: Incorporating Traditional Knowledge in Teaching Information Literacy at Tribal Colleges

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rhiannon Sorrell
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 31, no. 1, The New Information Age, Fall, Aug 11, 2019
Description
Discusses the challenges faced by tribal librarians as they work to teach information literacy in both mainstream news and social media outlets while incorporating traditional or Indigenous knowledge and teachings.
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From Longhouse to Loghouse: Household Structure among the Senecas in 1900

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nancy Shoemaker
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 15, no. 3, American Indian Family History, Summer, 1991, pp. 329-338
Description
Author examines the interplay between physical housing structures and the make-up of the households that occupy them, considers different types of kinship that might be found in a single household. Examines census data to reveal changes, but also notes possible site for imbedded cultural biases.
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From Mabel McKay: Weaving the Dream

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Greg Sarris
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 6, no. 4, Series 2. Critical Approaches, Winter, 1994, pp. 107-113
Description
Looks at the power of spirituality and the way that it seems to transcend the limits that conventional worldviews would place upon it. Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
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from Mabel Mckay: Weaving the Dream

Alternate Title
Mabel Mckay: Weaving the Dream
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Greg Sarris
Callaloo, vol. 17, no. 1, 1994, pp. 4-14
Description
Short story from the book Mabel Mckay: Weaving the Dream by Greg Sarris.
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From Ottawa to Iqaluit: Towards Sustainable Arctic Co-operation?

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
David Scrivener
Environmental Politics, vol. 7, no. 4, 1998, pp. 136-141
Description
Comments on the Arctic Council, inaugurated to facilitate circumpolar cooperation on sustainable development and environmental protection in the Arctic.
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From Recognition to Reconciliation: Essays on the Constitutional Entrenchment of Aboriginal and Treaty Rights; From Treaty Peoples to Treaty Nation: A Road Map for All Canadians

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Neil Vallance
BC Studies, no. 192, Nikkei History, Winter, 2016/2017, pp. 150-152
Description
Book reviews of: From Recognition to Reconciliation by Patrick Macklem, Douglas Sanderson. From Treaty Peoples to Treaty Nation by Greg Poelzer, Ken. S. Coates. Entire review section on one pdf. To access this review scroll to p. 150.
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From Sovereignty to Minority: As American as Apple Pie

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Duane Champagne
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 20, no. 2, Fall, 2005, pp. 21-36
Description
Personal perspectives, by the author, on the emergence of American Indian Studies as an autonomous discipline in the United States.
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From Student to Teacher in Thirty-Four Years

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Richie Plass
American Indian Quarterly , vol. 27, no. 1/2, Special Issue: Native Experiences in the Ivory Tower, Winter-Spring, 2003, pp. 373-375
Description
Author recounts major events in his life and how those events were affected by racism in academic institutions.
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from Swift Cinder

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Crisosto Apache
Transmotion, vol. 3, no. 2, December 6, 2017, pp. 150-160
Description
Excerpt from the book-length poem Swift Cinder which examines memory and the act of memory making through the metaphor of collision.
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From the Caribbean to the South Pacific: Cultural Hybridity, Resistance, and Historical Difference

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Maria E. Posse Emiliani
ab-Original, vol. 1, no. 1, 2017, pp. 62-80
Description
Author uses an interdisciplinary approach to explore the processes of cultural hybridization and resistance and their presence in film, music, and art. Discusses how these factors can combine to preserve and revitalize traditional knowledges and cultures in the contemporary globalized world.
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From the Editor: Crossing Genre, Media, Form

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Chadwick Allen
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 27, no. 3, Fall, 2015, pp. vii-viii
Description
Brief introduction to articles featured in the issue.
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From the Editor: Genre, Media, Agency

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Chadwick Allen
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 27, no. 4, Winter, 2015, pp. vii-viii
Description
Highlights articles in the issue.
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