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Tapping a Postcolonial Community's Cultural Capital: Empowering Native Artists to Engage More Fully With Traditional Culture and Their Children's Art Education

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
James W. Bequette
Visual Arts Research, vol. 35, no. 1, Summer, 2009, pp. 76-90
Discusses insights gained from a study of the impact of a three year Native American arts-enrichment program taught in two off-Reservation schools in California.
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Teacher's Guide: In the Light of Reverence

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Author/Creator
Faith Regow

For use with documentary of the same title which explores clashes between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people over three sacred sites and the use of land for recreational and commercial enterprises. They are: the Lakota and Devil's Tower; the Hopi and the Colorado Plateau; and the Wintu and Mt. Shasta.

Recommended for Grade Seven to adult audiences.

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Text Analyses of Three Yana Dialects

Alternate Title
Phoebe Apperson Hearst Memorial
University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology ; v.20
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Author/Creator
Edward Sapir
Part of: University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology, vol. 20 (pp261-294).
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"There Was More to It, but That Is All I Can Remember": The Persistence of History and the Autobiography of Delfina Cuero

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Phillip H. Round
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 21, no. 2, Spring, 1997, pp. 171-193
Literary criticism article that explores the underlying themes at work in the Autobiography of Delfina Cuero. Discusses bi-culturalism, borderlands theory, ethnocriticism, and transculturation.
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To' Kee Skuy' Soo Ney-Wo-Chek' I Will See You Again in a Good Way: A Year 1 Project Report on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Two Spirit People in Northern California

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Author/Creator
Abby Abinanti
Angi Cavaliere
Alanna Nulph
Blythe George
Anitta Lucchesi ... [et al.]
Centre for Victim Research, 2020, pp. 3-146
A report of quantitative and qualitative data collected from friends and family of missing and murders Indigenous females in Northern California.
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To' Kee Skuy' Soo Ney-Wo-Chek' = I Will See You Again in a Good Way: A Year 1 Project Report on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Two Spirit People of Northern California

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To' Kee Skuy' Soo Ney-Wo-Chek' = I Will See You Again in a Good Way Progress Report
To' Kee Skuy' Soo Ney-Wo-Chek' = I Will See You Again in a Good Way: Year 2 Progress Report
Year 2 Progress Report: Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls & Two Spirit People of Northern California
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Author/Creator
[Abby Abinanti
Angi Cavaliere
Alanna Nulph
Blythe K. George
Annita Lucchesi … [et al.]]
Related material: Year 2 Progress Report.
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The Tolowa and Their Southwest Oregon Kin

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University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology ; v.36, no.4
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Author/Creator
Philip Drucker
Part of: University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology, vol. 36, (pp221-300).
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Tolowa Indian Shakers and the Role of Prophecy at Smith River, California

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Al Logan Slagle
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 9, no. 3, Prophets: Religious Leaders and Revitalization Movements, Summer, 1985, pp. 353-374
Investigates the spread and appeal of the Indian Shakers religion, that practices traditional beliefs, to the Tolowas people into California
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Tracking Jedediah Smith through Hupa Territory

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lee Davis
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 13, no. 4, The California Indians, Autumn, 1989, pp. 369-389
Using Hupa oral history and Jedediah Smith's personal journals to track his movements through California in the late 1820s. Parts of Jedediah Smith's journal entries are included.
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Traditional Foods in Native America: A Compendium of Traditional Foods Stories from American Indian and Alaska Native Communities. Part IV

Alternate Title
Traditional Food Stories
Traditional Foods in Native America: A Compendium
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Chelsea Wesner
Native Diabetes Wellness Program
Presents nine stories with the central theme of reclaiming and preserving ancestral homelands to support and strengthen Native American foodways.
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Transethnic Anthropologism: Comparative Ethnic Studies at Berkeley

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Gerald Vizenor
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 7, no. 4, Series 2, Winter, 1995, pp. 3-8
Examines how the Native American Studies Program at Berkeley differs from the existing structure of the Ethnic Studies Department at Berkeley. Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
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Traversing the Bridges of Our Lives

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jack Norton
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 13, no. 4, The California Indians, Autumn, 1989, pp. 347-358
Outlines the massacre at Natural Bridge in 1852 and the lasting impact to the Hupa people into modern times.
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Tribal Initiations and Secret Societies

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University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology ; v.25, no.3
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Author/Creator
Edwin M. Loeb
Part of: University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology, vol. 25, (pp249-288).
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A Tripartite State of Affairs: The Timbisha Shoshone Tribe, the National Park Service, and the Bureau of Indian Affairs, 1933-1994

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Steven Crum
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 22, no. 1, 1998, pp. 117-136
Anticipating the passage of the 1994 Death Valley National Monument Act, the Timbisha Shoshone passed a resolution calling for the establishment of 160,000 acres of reservation land, located both inside and near the Death Valley National Park.
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Tübatulabal and Kawaiisu Kinship Terms

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University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology ; v.12, no.6
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Author/Creator
Edward Winslow Gifford
Part of: University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology, vol. 12, (pp219-248).
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Tuberculosis Death and Survival Among Southern California Indians, 1922-44

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Clifford E. Trafzer
Canadian Bulletin of Medical History, vol. 18, no. 1, Spring, 2001, pp. 85-107
Examines the death registers from the Office of Indian Affairs, and the higher crude death rates, which were the highest rates compared to entire population of USA.
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Two Paiute Autobiographies

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University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology ; v.33, no.5
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Author/Creator
Julian H. Steward
Part of: University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology, vol. 33, (pp423-438).
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Types of Indian Culture in California

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University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology ; v.2, no.3
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Author/Creator
A. L. Kroeber
Part of: University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology, vol. 2, (pp81-103).
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U.S. Citizenship and Tribal Membership: A Contest for Political Identity and Rights of Tribal Self-Determination in Southern California

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Roberta Haines
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 21, no. 3, 1997, pp. 211-230
Argues that Indigenous nations bring a diversity to the dominant society that is unique and contingent upon the integrity of political boundaries within the United States. The article discusses the challenges within this framework.
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Unearthing the Chumash Presence in The Sharpest Sight

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Melody Graulich
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 22, no. 2, Summer, 2010, pp. 1-21
Looks at Choctaw mythology involving self-discovery and the false divisions between this world and the spirit world in Louis Owens’s The Sharpest Sight. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 1.
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Unfinished Justice: Completing the Restoration and Acknowledgement of California Indian Tribes

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Allogan Slagle
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 13, no. 4, The California Indians, Autumn, 1989, pp. 325-345
Looks at the creation of the US Acknowledgement and Research Branch to investigate California Indigenous tribes seeking federal recognition. Also includes a list of California tribes seeking federal recognition during the 1980s.
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Urban Clan Mothers: Key Households in Cities

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Susan Lobo
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 27, no. 3/4, Urban American Indian Womens Activism, Summer/Fall, 2003, pp. 505-522
Focuses on women who are strong, but low key activists, who extend many services to other urban community members and play many different roles to the people around them.
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Urban Indians and the Occupation of Alcatraz Island

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Adam (Nordwall) Fortunate Eagle
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 18, no. 4, 1994, pp. 33-58
Discussion about the ideals of assimilation and regaining one's culture.
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The Use of Oral Literature to Provide Community Health Education on the Southern Northwest Coast

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nile Robert Thompson
C. Dale Sloat
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 28, no. 3, 2004, pp. 1-28
Examines a subset of oral literature that teachs listeners about human health concerns, including how to prevent certain illnesses, avoid bodily harm, deal with mental health issues, instruct in sexual matters, discuss spirit-power contact and deal with old age.
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The Valley Nisenan

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University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology ; v.24, no.4
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Author/Creator
Alfred L. Kroeber
Part of: University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology, vol. 24, (pp253-290).
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[Varia Anthropologica]: Karok Towns

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University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology ; v.35, no.4
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Author/Creator
A. L. Kroeber
Part of: University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology, vol. 35, (pp29-38).
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[Varia Anthropologica]: Wiyot Towns

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University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology ; v.35, no.5
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Author/Creator
Gladys Ayer Nomland
A. L. Kroeber
Part of: University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology, vol. 35, (pp39-48).
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The Varieties of Religious Experience: Baptized Indians at Mission San Francisco de Asís, 1776-1821

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Quincy D. Newell
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 32, no. 4, Autumn, 2008, pp. 412-442
The author explores different expressions of conversion to Catholicism in the daily practices of the different Indigenous peoples in the San Francisco Bay area; considers where people chose to give birth or die and the practice of various traditional protocols.
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