United States

Presents a poem titled, Who Me?, written by a student of Fort Peck Community College.

Examines traditional Iroquois witchcraft by looking at how the Iroquois defined a witch and how witches used their powers.

Book review of: Who Owns Native Culture? by Michael F. Brown.

Curator of Indian/Not Indian discusses the exhibitions held in New York and Washington, D.C.

Looks at the opinions of five students attending tribal colleges as to who they think would be the best 2008 U.S. presidential candidate.

Summary of findings of dealer survey conducted in Canada and United States. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll down to appropriate page.

Discusses model used in the United States which depends on American Indian tribunals and protection agencies to made decisions and looks at supporting legislation as well.

Contends that freedom of press comes from the heart of the tribe and is essential to the survival and prosperity of indigenous people.

Discussion of patenting, copyrighting and trademarking Indigenous knowledge by pharmaceuticals is not by direct appropriation, rather it is by indirect transfer of information by academics, and placing the information in the public domain.

Author, who is establishing an American Indian Studies program, looks at the issues raised in Elizabeth Cook-Lynn's seminal article "Who Stole Native American Studies?"

Virtual exhibition deals with contemporary artists' response to past colonization. Contains links to: Tolerating Tourists, Changing Reservation Realities, School Bells and Haircuts, and Beyond Smoke and Mirrors.

An anonymous contribution to the issue which briefly describes the first American Indian Support Program (AISP) within a public Community College from its conceptualization to dissolution 23 years later.

Overview of the Crazy Horse Memorial and Standing Bear's connection to it.

[Global Indigenous Nations Studies] Thesis (M.A.)--University of Kansas.

Discusses reasons Sahnish individuals enlisted in the U.S. Army.

Analyzes the myth cycles contained in corpus of 24 texts collected from Jim Stacey by E.W. Gifford.

Presents a personal narrative titled, A Whole Person, written by a student of Haskell Indian Nations University in Lawrence, KS.

Investigates spiritual healing traditions used in the Native American Church (NAC), Catholic Charismatic and Protestant Pentecostal churches.

Brief discussion of the issues surrounding museum ownership of bone collections.

Speech, by the Honorable Robert Yazzie, that speaks to the theme "Aboriginals and the Criminal Justice System".

Book review of: Living Histories: Native Americans and Southwestern Archaeology by Chip Colwell-Chanthaphonh.

Explores filmmakers' treatment of ethnic minorities, with reference to Dances with Wolves, Posse, and Ballad of Gregorio Cortez.

Detailed lesson plan (one class period) for intermediate/senior level.

American Studies Thesis (M.A.)--The University of New Mexico, 2011

Suggests that oral sources should be thought of as oral traditions and not as oral histories.

Authors attempt to justify delays in the repatriation of human remains to the Indigenous Nations to which they belong, as mandated by the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) by arguing for the anthropological benefits of continued study of the remains.

Explores how Erdrich transforms her Chippewa oral traditions to create a female character who is able to transform between human and animal in her novel Tracks. Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.

Shows how tribal government rights are impeded by the Indian tax policy.

Looks at the reasons the author researches Cheyenne moccasins and questions to ask when identifying a moccasin.

Brief annotated review of articles pertaining to the subject.

Argues that only Aboriginal peoples can authoritatively and accurately speak about the issues in education that affect them.

Related Material: Educator's Guide by Nastassia Subban.

Discusses mission statement of new master's degree program at the University of Kansas.

Explores the roots of the author's racism, which is illustrated in Tom Sawyer, and the reasons why it has been largely ignored by critics.

Author describes that Native Americans write to set the record straight and change their stereotypical image.

Examines the fragmentary nature of Native American literature and argues that the literature represents but a tiny fraction of Indigenous diversity and life.

Republished from Trahant Reports, April 26, 2017.

Film review of: Why Save a Language by Sally Thompson.

Explains how the concept of terra nullius (empty land) once underway was very difficult to reverse, while in North America the opposite occurred where Aboriginal people were recognized as owners of the land.

Comments on representation, appropriation and profit from Native American art and design.

[Journalism] Thesis (M.A.)--University of Montana, 2005.

Investigates how Native Americans who adopted the European concept of time (mechanical) were viewed as temporal as opposed to sun time or "real Indians'.

Discusses motivations for involvement such as old feuds, loyalty to treaties with the government, and proving patriotism.

Describes stories told to the author by her mother and father in Diné and English and comments on the necessity of preserving both languages and stories.

Address delivered by a Governor of the Gila River Pima-Maricopa Tribes challenges students to further their education.

Poem.

Highlights the Wichita tribal migration oral history as recorded by Indian Agent Dr. John Sibley in the early nineteenth century.

Author offers some perspective on the process of colonization in the period between 1849 and 1890 and on everything that was lost in in that time to the Sioux peoples; also discusses the current moves towards healing, resurgence and cultural reclamation.