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The Archaeological Remains of the Chiwere Sioux

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
James B. Griffin
American Antiquity, vol. 2, no. 3, January 1937, pp. 180-181
Description

Explores direct correlation between the Chiwere Sioux and the Oneota culture.

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Arts Education Provides Crucial Balance, Finding Joy in Creation and Imagination

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Denise Low-Weso
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 18, no. 4, Health and Healing, Summer, 2007
Description
Examines how the earthworks Medicine Wheel, at Haskell Indian Nations University, is a visual reminder of support and benefit to all aspects of education at the university, including the arts.
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Beadwork Masterpieces: Native American Bandolier Bags

Alternate Title
Nebraska State Historical Society Brown Bag Lecture Series
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Tom Myers
Description
Discusses Native American art and compares essential elements and designs of beaded bags in northern and southern styles. Uses bandolier bag in Benjamin Rush's painting, Death of General Wolfe as one example. Duration: 45:11.
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The Circle of Learning at Kickapoo

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Victor L. Dupuis
Margery W. Walker
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 28, no. 1, October 1988, pp. [27-33]
Description
Describes a school located in Powhatten, Kansas offering an open curriculum in grades seven to twelve.
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Contributions to Algonquian Grammar

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Truman Michelson
American Anthropologist, vol. 15, no. 3, New Series, July 1913, pp. 470-476
Description
Examines the Fox language within the general context of Algonkian grammar.
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Creating Meaningful Study Abroad Programs for American Indian Postsecondary Students

Alternate Title
Celebrating Tribal Colleges and Universities American Indian Higher Education Consortium
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
J. Anne Calhoon
David Wildcat
Cynthia Annett
Raymond Pierotti
Wendy Griswold
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 42, no. 1, 2003, pp. 46-57
Description
Describes the implementation of an exchange program between Native American and Siberian students.
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Family Support Networks among Elders in a Native American Community: Contact with Children and Siblings among the Prairie Band Potawatomi

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Robert John
Journal of Aging Studies, vol. 5, no. 1, 1991, pp. 45-59
Description
Study primarily consisted of interviews with 19 elders about contact with each child and sibling with respect to nine common activities: recreation, visits to talk, family gatherings, participation in religious activities, telephone conversations, sharing a meal, exchanging gifts, and giving or receiving help. The effects of proximity, gender, marital status and equity of helping relationship were then analyzed.
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“Great Frauds and Grievous Wrongs”: Mapping the Loss of Kickapoo Allotment Lands

Alternate Title
Native American Symposium; 12th, 2017
Representations and Realities
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Stephen L. Egbert
Paula I. Smith
Description
Discusses the United States government’s relocation of the Kickapoo people in Kansas to a 768,000 acre reservation as a result of the 1832 Treaty of Castor Hill and the subsequent reductions and loss of that land through a combination of corrupt government agents, pressure from railroad companies and settler interests.
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Haskell Broadcasts News Over MySpace

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Juan A. Avila Hernandez
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 20, no. 1, Native Voices, Modern Media, Fall, 2008, pp. 18-19
Description
Discusses the associate degree in Media Communications, including a description of the curriculum, available from Haskell Indian Nations University in Lawrence, Kansas.
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Haskell Librarian Tackled Challenges With Creativity

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Pamela Tambornino
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 21, no. 3, Tribal College Faculty, Spring, 2010, pp. 32-33
Description
Discusses approaches used by one tribal university librarian to welcome students to the library and make them knowledgeable patrons.
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"How Cola" From Camp Funston: American Indians and the Great War

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Bonnie Lynn-Sherow
Susannah Ural Bruce
Kansas History, vol. 24, no. 2, Summer, 2001, pp. 85-97
Description
Discusses the military's policies with respect to Native American enlistees, as well as motivations for participating in the war effort and experiences during training and active service.
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Kansas

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Diane Glancy
Transmotion, vol. 1, no. 1, 2015, p. 76
Description
Poem which explores themes of history, place, and movement.
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Kenekuk, the Kickapoo Prophet: Acculturation without Assimilation

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Joseph B. Herring
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 9, no. 3, Prophets: Religious Leaders and Revitalization Movements, Summer, 1985, pp. 295-307
Description
Looks at the influence of Vermillion Kickapoos prophet Kenekuk and how he used acculturation as means to adapt the Kickapoo culture to resist outside threats to their land and sovereignty.
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Meteorite Collecting among Ancient Americans

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
H. H. Nininger
American Antiquity, vol. 4, no. 1, July 1938, pp. 39-40
Description
Explores the significance of discovering four meteorites in an old camp site in eastern Colorado and western Kansas.
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More Than a Façade: The Kenekuk Religion Revisited

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Matthew Garrett
Great Plains Quarterly, vol. 37, no. 4, Fall, 2017, pp. 293-310
Description
Discusses what the Prophet's spiritual teachings may have meant to his Kickapoo followers.
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Notes on the Kado, or Sun Dance of the Kiowa

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Hugh Lenox Scott
American Anthropologist, vol. 13, no. 3, New Series, July-September 1911, pp. 345-379
Description
Description of the ceremony and discussion of possible origins.
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Research Support Services for the Field of the Indigenous Studies

Alternate Title
When Research is Relational
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Carrie E. Cornelius
Michael T. Peper
Sara E. Morris
Rebecca A. Orozco
Description
As part of the Ithaca S+R report When Research is Relational researchers interviewed six Indigenous Studies scholars at Haskell Indian Nations University (Haskell) and the University of Kansas (KU). Report explores the four themes that surfaced--knowledge, connection, journey, and giving back—in the context of Library and Information Services (LIS).
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Sacred Circles

Alternate Title
2000 Years of North American Indian Art
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rosemarie McCartin
William J. Schill
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 17, no. 1, October 1977, pp. [11-13]
Description
Describes the opening of Sacred Circles: 2000 Years of North American Indian Art at the Nelson Gallery of Art in Kansas City.
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Saving Native American Religious Sites: The Haskell Medicine Wheel

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Scott Dalton
Kansas Journal of Law and Public Policy, vol. 4, no. 2, Winter, 1994-1995, pp. 61-69
Description
Examines how the First Amendment of the United States Constitution has not been granted to Native religions in the U.S. and specifically looks at the Haskell Medicine Wheel in Kansas.
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