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The Atlatl

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
J. Robert Brow
Whispering Wind, vol. 36, no. 3, Issue 253, November-December 2006, pp. 24-25
Description
Book review of: The Atlatl by Everett Kelly.
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Canoe Journeys and Cultural Revival

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Bruce E. Johansen
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 36, no. 2, 2012, pp. 131-141
Description
Comments on long distance journeys by canoe, the revival of canoe making and teaching respect for the water.
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Cowboys and Indians: Creek and Seminole Stock Raising, 1700-1900

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Richard A. Sattler
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 22, no. 3, Special Issues on Reservation Economies, 1998, pp. 79-99
Description
Examines early livestock raising and discusses how this practice was only viewed as significant in the later nineteenth century. The author, in this article, argues that livestock raising had great social and economic significance even in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth century.
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A Dictionary of Creek/Muskogee: With Notes on the Florida and Oklahoma Seminole Dialects of Creek Jack B. Martin & Margaret McKane Mauldin

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Linda Jordan
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 13, no. 2 & 3, Series 2, Summer/Fall, 2001, pp. 83-85
Description
Book review of: A Dictionary of Creek/Muskogee by Jack B. Martin and Margaret McKane Mauldin. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
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The "Mascotting" of Native America: Construction, Commodity, and Assimilation

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jason Edward Black
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 26, no. 4, Autumn, 2002, pp. 605-622
Description
Author uses their position as a graduate of Florida State University (where members of the University community are referred to as Seminoles) to consider the constructs and consequences that result from Universities appropriating Indigenous names and cultural images.
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Names of Plain Indians Held at Fort Marion

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Richard Henry Pratt
Description
Lists Native Americans captured as a result of the Red River War, sent to the Fort, and subsequently to Pratt's Carlisle Indian Industrial School. Descriptions from Battlefield and Classroom by Richard Henry Pratt.
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Native American Dolls

Alternate Title
Smithsonian in Your Classroom
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Genevieve Marie Simermeyer
Lynn-Steven Engelke
Smithsonian in Your Classroom, Fall, 2004, pp. 1-28
Description

Lesson plan for elementary school students which looks at Native American dolls, how they are made and the cultures they represent.

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Native American Turnout in the 1990 and 1992 Elections

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Geoff Peterson
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 21, no. 2, Spring, 1997, pp. 321-331
Description
Article offers an analysis of data collected about the voting practices of Indigenous voters in two different elections in the United States. 674 Indigenous voters in 7 states were interviewed, findings indicate that while income and education levels play a role, Indian status is strongly related to whether an individual voted in these elections.
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Prophet of War: Josiah Francis and the Creek War

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Frank L. Owsley
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 9, no. 3, Prophets: Religious Leaders and Revitalization Movements, Summer, 1985, pp. 273-293
Description
A profile of mixed-blooded Creek prophet Josiah Francis who rose to predominance during the War of 1812.
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