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Connecticut River Valley Awakening

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Alice Azure
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 24, no. 3, Fall, 2012, pp. 115-137
Description
Author looks at her formative years, living with her parents and living in a Children's Home. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 115.
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An Early Seneca Beaded Doll

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Richard Green
Whispering Wind, vol. 45, no. 1, 2016, pp. 14-15
Description
Comments on an early Iroquois corn husk doll dating from the 1850-75 period.
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Forty-Third Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1925-1926

E-Books
Author/Creator
J. Walter Fewkes
Description
Report includes the following papers: Report of the Chief by J. Walter Fewkes The Osage Tribe: Two Versions of the Child-Naming Rite by Francis La Flesche Wawenock Myth Texts from Maine by Frank G. Speck Native Tribes and Dialects of Connecticut: A Mohegan-Pequot Diary by Frank G. Speck Picuris Children's Stories by John P. Harrington and Helen H. Roberts Iroquoian Cosmology - Second Part by J. N. B. Hewitt
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Gambling on History: Shaping Narratives in Native Public Spaces

Alternate Title
Native Ground: Protecting and Preserving History, Culture, and Customs
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
John Bodinger de Uriarte
Melissa Biggs
Description
Looks into the question of whether profits from Native American gaming helped to establish or expand Native American museums and cultural centers as venues for cultural self-representation. Presented at the Tenth Native American Symposium, November 14-15, 2013. Chapter from Native Ground: Protecting and Preserving History, Culture, and Customs edited by Mark B. Spencer.
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History & Culture eBook

Alternate Title
[Mashantucket Pequot] History & Culture eBook
E-Books
Author/Creator
Mashantucket Pequot Museum & Research Center
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Learning from Foxwoods: Visualizing the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Bill Anthes
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 32, no. 2, Spring, 2008, pp. 204-218
Description
Author examines the financial successes the Pequot nation has achieved through the Foxwood Casino and other ventures; considers the strategies used by the nation and how those strategies have allowed for success.
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Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Councilor: Kenneth Reels

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Adam Bowles
Diabetes Forecast, vol. 56, no. 3, March 2003, pp. 56-61
Description
Describes a casino manager's efforts in dealing with Type 2 diabetes and promoting positive lifestyle changes for himself and his employees.
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NAGPRA's Politics of Recognition: Repatriation Struggles of a Terminated Tribe

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Courtney Cottrell
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 44, no. 1, Winter, 2020, pp. [59]-85
Description
As tribal historic preservation officer for the federally unrecognized Brothertown Indian Nation, the author uses their own personal experience of attempting repatriation of a pipe under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act to discuss the process to prove connection, justify legal status according to federal criteria, and how their recognition status was exploited by the museum community.
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"Now ... Didn't Our People Laugh?" Female Misbehavior and Algonquian Culture in Mary Rowlandson's Captivity and Restauration

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Laura Arnold
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 21, no. 4, 1997, pp. 1-28
Description
Argues that a closer look at humour, in the work of Rowlandson, provides readers with a greater understanding of the Algonquian side of early cross-cultural relations and reveals the ways in which cultural discomfort and disharmony are not rare, but rather integral concepts for early American identity.
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The Renape People: A Brief Survey of Relationships and Migrations

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jack Forbes
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 2, no. 1, Spring, 1986, pp. 14-20
Description
Description of the migrations of the Wapanakamikok or Eastern Land People and the Algonkian family dialects, which have gradually changed from village to village.
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State Court Update February 2006-February 2007

Alternate Title
[Indigenous Law & Policy Center Occasional Paper Series]
[Indigenous Law & Policy Center Working Paper ; 2011-01]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Hannah N. Bobee
Description
Provides case updates from various states.
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