New Mexico

Description of a summer healing chant performed to cure illness.

Examines the claim that evidence of the Folsom complex was found in California.

Book review of: Folsom: New Archaeological Investigations of a Classic Paleoindian Bison Kill by David J. Meltzer.

Study conducted through questionnaire delivered to 1007 fifth and seventh grade students before beginning the Pathways to Health Intervention.

Discusses how the Cultural Preservation Endowment Program supports multiple cultural revitalization projects to preserve language, history, art, music, and dance.

Looks at six states with the largest percentage of American Indian populations and analyzes if a proportional representation of American Indians hold desirable positions in state and local governments.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--Brandeis University, 2000.

Addresses case of the serial murderer Robert Pickton.

Report includes the following papers: Report of the Chief by M. W. Stirling The Acoma Indians by Leslie A. White Isleta, New Mexico by Elsie Clews Parsons Introduction to Zuñi Ceremonialism by Ruth L. Bunzel Zuñi Origin Myths by Ruth L. Bunzel Zuñi Ritual Poetry by Ruth L. Bunzel Zuñi Katcinas by Ruth L. Bunzel

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

Report includes the following papers: Report of the Director by J. W. Powell The Menomini Indians by Walter James Hoffman The Coronado Expedition, 1540-1542 by George Parker Winship

Report discusses reasons for high suicide rates, risk factors, protective factors for developing resilience and more.

Guide to accompany exhibit which encourages children to find, read, look, talk about, and compare paintings.

Using a series of interviews with Navajo and Peublo people to analyze their education needs and desires.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--The City University of New York, 1998.

Highlights the 27th annual Gathering of Nations pow wow in Albuquerque, New Mexio in April 2010. Article found by scrolling to page 27.

Discusses the similarities between geometric patterns and symbols in Native American Indian artwork.

Examines the anthropological work of Gladys Reichard, both the flaws and successes in her work.

Looks at the religious considerations underlying construction of the Great North Road and other Chaco roads uniting the Chaco world and its works with its spiritual landscape.

Languages: Tonkawa, Quileute, Yuchi, Zuni, Coeur d'Alene.

Story of the Hantavirus illness, outbreak, deaths, and media attention in the summer of 1993 among the Navajo of the Four Corners (Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona and Utah).

Report on the creation of a public health degree at Diné College in Shiprock, New Mexico.

Outlines the benefits of using the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children and AMBER Alert systems to help protect and recover abducted Indigenous children. Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to page 5.

Community and Regional Planning Thesis (MCRP)--University of New Mexico, 2011.

A brief history on how the double sided Staples rug was probably produced and the outside influences of the Navajo weaving tradition.

Explores the well-being and health of First Nation's communities and suggests an holistic healing approach to counter pressures brought on by colonization.

Comments on museums selling Native American art out of an exhibit.

Uses jokes and stories to illustrate common stereotypes the Southwest Indian artisans have about the non-Indian tourist.

Hydrology and Water Resources Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Arizona, 1994.

American Culture Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Michigan, 2002.

Reveals that the Keresan Pueblo perspective of gifted differs significantly from the mainstream concept.

Educational Administration Thesis (Ed.D.)--New Mexico State University, 2009.

Cultural Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--Duke University, 2000.

Comments on the dedication of a tribal college student who chooses to live and sleep out of his truck as he doesn't want to finish school in debt.

Metalinguistic commentaries about the complicated speech environment for Navajo children assimilated into the public school system.

Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 2013.

Health Education, Physical Education, Recreation Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of New Mexico, 1997.

Discusses the social consequences of the pots and containers of Zuni Indians acquired in 1920-1930 by Euro-American institutions.

Discusses art as a European concept, and that before the 18th century painting, sculpture, dancing, ritual were done as part of the cultural fabric.

American Indian Studies Thesis (M.A.)--The University of Arizona, 2009.

"The purpose of this study is to investigate and determine a long-range plan for Indigenous education in New Mexico and among its tribal communities".

Book review of: Indian Gaming: Tribal Sovereignty and American Politics by Dale Mason

Describes the unique legal status and events leading to the passing of the Pueblo Lands Act, signed into law by President Calvin Coolidge on June 9, 1924.

Sociology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of New Mexico, 2006.

History Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of New Mexico, 2003.

Looks at biographic-style images created in the northern Rio Grande region of New Mexico during the eighteenth century and argues that they constitute a historic text in their own right and that a combination of close examination and conversations with tribal members can create richer historical insights.

Discusses how American Indians employ visual methods of storytelling to comment on their world. Content based on exhibit from the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture entitled, Comic Art Indigène:Where Comics and the Indigenous Meet