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We, I, "Voice," and Voices: Reading Contemporary Native

American Poetry

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Janet McAdams
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 7, no. 3, Series 2: Contemporary American Indian Poetry, Fall, 1995, pp. 7-16
Description
Examines two critiques of canonical or "dominant mode" poetry, one privileges poetry from the so-called language community; the second, a multicultural critique, focuses on the poetries of marginalized peoples. Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
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We Look More, Listen More, Notice More: Impact of Sustained Professional Development on Head Start Teachers' Inquiry-Based and Culturally-Relevant Science Teaching Practices

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Gillian H. Roehrig
Mia Dubosarsky
Annie Mason
Stephan Carlson
Barbara Murphy
Journal of Science Education and Technology, vol. 20, Science Education in Preschools and Primary Schools: Classrooms, Teachers, and Children, October 2011, pp. 566-578
Description
"This article presents results from Ah Neen Dush, a sustained and transformative professional development program for Head Start teachers on an American Indian Reservation."
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We Need to Think More About the Naming Game

Alternate Title
Introspection
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Winona Wheeler
Eagle Feather News, vol. 14, no. 5, May 2011, p. 5
Description
Comments on the use of disrespectful and disparaging Indigenous terms for naming sports teams. Article found by scrolling to page 5.
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"We're Gonna Capture Johnny Depp": Making Kin with Cinematic Comanches

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Dustin Tahmahkera
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 41, no. 2, 2017, pp. 23-42
Description
Discusses the controversy surrounding Disney's casting of Depp in the role of Tonto and Comanche activist Ladonna Vita Tabbytite Harris's decision to customarily adopt the actor.
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“We’re not going to sit idly by:” 45 Years of Asserting Native Sovereignty along the Missouri River in Nebraska

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Angel M. Hinzo
Decolonization, vol. 7, no. 1, Indigenous Peoples and the Politics of Water, 2018, pp. 200-214
Description
Focuses on Standing Rock Sioux Water Protectors' fight against construction of the Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines, United States v. Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska, and the Omaha Tribe of Nebraska’s defense of Blackbird Bend.
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"We're Taking the Genius of Sequoyah into This Century": The Cherokee Syllabary, Peoplehood, and Perseverance

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ellen Cushman
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 26, no. 1, Spring, 2011, pp. 67-83
Description
Discusses the development of the syllabary, making reading and writing in Cherokee possible, and looks at how present-day efforts of reading and writing with the syllabary and speaking Cherokee contribute to language perseverance.
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We Rely on Old Traditions, Modern Vision

Articles » General
Author/Creator
James E. Shanley
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 20, no. 4, Tribal College Leadership and Vision, Summer, 2009, pp. 52-53
Description
Overview of the history of Tribal Colleges and the need for a common vision to enjoy future success.
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We Still Live Here--Âs Nutayuneaân

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Jurgita Antoine
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 24, no. 2, The Future of the Tribal College Movement, Winter, 2012, p. 58
Description
Very brief film review of: We Still Live Here - Âs Nutayuneân directed by Anne Makepeace, which is about the Wôpanâak (Wampanoag) Language Reclamation Project.
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We Still Live Here: Âs Nutayuneân

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Leighton C. Peterson
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 38, no. 1, Winter, 2014, pp. 128-131
Description
Review of the film, We Still Live Here: Âs Nutayuneân directed and produced by Anne Makepeace.
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“We were conditioned to work with our hands, not our minds.”: Assimilation through Individualism and Vocational Education: An Attempt to Americanize Native Americans

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Erik Evans
Description
Argues that emphasis on vocational curriculum not only stemmed from the belief that Native Americans were not fit for higher education, but was also intended to erase tribal identity, history, and communalism, and foster individualism.
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We'wha and Klah the American Indian Berdache as Artist and Priest

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Will Roscoe
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 12, no. 2, Spring, 1988, pp. 127-150
Description
Looks into the lives of the Berdache or gender-mixed Indigenous leaders We'wha and Klah and how their gender status provided them with a variety of unique skills, insights, and interaction with the rest of American society.
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We Will Be Known Forever by the Tracks We Leave: Rising Up to Meet The Reproductive Health Needs of American Indian/Alaska Native Youth

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lori de Ravello
Scott Tulloch
Melanie Taylor
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 19, no. 1, Special Issue: Reproductive Health Programs for Youth, 2012, pp. i-x
Description
Discussion of innovative ways to address adolescent reproductive health care needs.
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"We Will Make It Our Own Place": Agriculture and Adaptation at the Grand Ronde Reservation, 1856-1887

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Tracy Neal Leavelle
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 22, no. 4, Autumn, 1998, pp. 433-456
Description
Article explores the phenomena of cultural resilience and resistance to assimilation on the Grand Ronde reservation, additionally considers those settler practices that were adopted and the cultural hybridity that came of that space.
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Wealth of Tribes Factor in U.S. Presidential Politics

Alternate Title
Wealth of Tribes Factor in United States Presidential Politics
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Doug Cuthand
Star-Phoenix , August 29, 2008, p. A13
Description
Uses the increasingly wealthy U.S Native Americans, due to the gambling industry, as an example of growing political strength.
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Wealth Transmission and Inequality Among Hunter-Gatherers

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Eric Alden Smith
Kim Hill
Frank W. Marlowe
David Nolin
Polly Wiessner
et al.
Current Anthropology, vol. 51, no. 1, February 2010, pp. 19-34
Description
Looks at the role and impact of wealth in hunter-gatherer societies.
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A Weave of Time: The Story of a Navajo Family

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lloyd L. Lee
NAIS: Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, vol. 2, no. 1, Spring, 2015, pp. 133-134
Description
Film review of: A Weave of Time by Susan Fanshel. Film shows the effects of cultural change on a Navajo family in the 1980s.
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Weaving the History of Despair, Resistance, and Hope: Acoma Poet Simon Ortiz Writes Environmental Justice

Alternate Title
Native American Symposium ; 3rd, 1999
Native American Symposium ; 4th, 2001
Stealing/Steeling the Spirit: American Indian Identities ; and Smoke Screens/Smoke Signals: Looking Through Worlds: Proceedings of the Third and Fourth Native American Symposiums
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Jia-Yi Cheng-Levine
Description
Examines the link between environmental injustice, racism and cultural genocide; and discusses the importance of creating a nature based culture that is both environmentally sustainable and socially just.
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Weaving the Story: Northern Paiute Myth and Mary Austin's The Basket Woman

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mark T. Hoyer
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 19, no. 1, 1995, pp. 133-151
Description
Examines the use in literature of the myth about the white man being a rattlesnake, arguing that opposites, male and female, Christian and Indian, are actually complements of equal value.
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The Web of Justice: Restorative Justice Has Presented Only Part of the Story

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Barbara Gray (Kanatiiosh)
Pat Lauderdale
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 21, no. 1, Spring, 2006, pp. 29-41
Description
Relates how colonization and Western influences have caused societal problems in Indian cultures. Restorative justice models by the Navajo and Haudenosaunee are also explored.
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