New Mexico

Indigenous Research Perspectives in the State of New Mexico: Implications for Working With Schools and Communities

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Robin Zape-tah-hol-ah Minthorn
Lorenda Belone
Glenabah Martinez
Christine Sims
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 58, no. 1/2, Spring/Summer, 2019, pp. 108-123
Description

Looks at recommendations for engagement between post-secondary scholars and researchers with Indigenous communities.   

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The Informed Consent Process in a Cross-Cultural Setting: Is The Process Achieving the Intended Result?

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Melvina McCabe
Frank Morgan
Helen Curley
Rick Begay
Dorothy M. Gohdes
Ethnicity & Disease, vol. 15, no. 2, Spring, 2005, pp. 300-304
Description
Reports on the cultural and linguistic barriers encountered by Navajo interpreters during the informed consent process and makes suggestions for adapting it to minority populations.
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The Integration of the Sun Dance in Ute Religion

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Marvin K. Opler
American Anthropologist, vol. 43, no. 4, pt. 1, New Series, October-December 1941, pp. 550-572
Description
Describes the Ute version of the dance, which originated with the Arapaho.
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Interview with Joanna Bigfeather, Cherokee, Director of the Institute of American Indian Arts Museum (IAIA), Santa Fe, NM, USA, October 28, 2000

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Gérard Selbach
Revue LISA / LISA e-journal, vol. 2, no. 6, Arts and American Minorities: An Identity Iconography?, 2004, pp. 79-84
Description
Discusses past, present and future directions and the issue of educating the public about contemporary art as an expression of living and changing culture.
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Intimacy and Empire: Indian-African Interaction in Spanish Colonial New Mexico, 1500-1800

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Dedra S. McDonald
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 22, no. 1/2, Winter-Spring, 1998, pp. 134-156
Description
Author explores the relationships, communities, and peoples that grew out of the interactions between Black or African American communities and Indigenous communities in the southern United States; highlights cultural hybridity and colonial resistance.
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Introduction

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Charlotte J. Frisbie
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 4, no. 4, A Special Symposium Issue on Navajo Mortuary Practices and Beliefs , 1978, pp. 303-308
Description
An introduction to the special issue of American Indian Quarterly on Navajo mortuary practices and beliefs.
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The Irony of American Indian Health Care: The Pueblos, the Five Tribes, and Self-Determination, 1954–1968

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Christopher K. Riggs
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 23, no. 4, 1999, pp. 1-22
Description
Seeks to add historical information on the self determination period by examining the implementation of US Indian health improvement policies and how those policies affected the Five Tribes of Oklahoma and the Pueblos of New Mexico.
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Ischemic Heart Disease Mortality in American Indians, Hispanics, and Non-Hispanic Whites in New Mexico, 1958–1992

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
V. J. Kattapong
T. M. Becker
F. D. Gilliland
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 19, no. 2, 1995, pp. 31-43
Description
Investigation found clear differences in the ethnic populations and that mortality rates increased among Aboriginal peoples in the most recent five year period of the study.
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Iskwew: Empowering Victims of Wife Abuse

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Gerri Dickson
Native Studies Review, vol. 5, no. 1, Native Health Research in Canada, 1989, pp. 115-135
Description
Discusses a project to empower women to become independent of domestic violence through mutual help groups and building a network of co-operation among social agencies and community-based organizations.
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Jicarilla Genesis

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
James Mooney
American Anthropologist , vol. 11, no. 7, July 1898, pp. 197-209
Description
Jicarilla Apache legend told by a medicine man living on a reservation in northwestern New Mexico in 1897.
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Kateri Tekakwitha

Alternate Title
Memories of Kateri Tekakwitha Renews Faith in Believers
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Dianne Meilin
Windspeaker, vol. 26, no. 2, May 2008, p. 26
Description

Author chronicles the life of the first Native American woman to be declared blessed by the Roman Catholic church.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.34.

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Keres: Endgendered Key to the Pueblo Puzzle

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jay Miller
Ethnohistory, vol. 48, no. 3, Summer, 2001, pp. 495-514
Description
Examines how the distinctive and regionally overwhelming native priesthoods provide a direct link between the Keresan Pueblos of today and their ancestors.
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Keres Pueblo Concepts of Deity

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Anthony F. Purley
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 1, no. 1, 1974, pp. 29-32
Description
Analysis of creation stories articulate Keres spiritual beliefs: presence of a Supreme Being (Tse che nako), who is female, existence of numerous lesser deities, and that man is not superior to the rest of nature.
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Ko-pat Ka-nat

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
[John M. Gunn]
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 5, no. 1, Series 2, Spring, 1993, pp. 25-30
Description
Rendition of a legend originating with the Keresan Indians of New Mexico. Excerpt from Schat-chen: History, Traditions and Naratives [sic] of the Queres Indians of Laguna and Acoma. Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
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Laguna Prototypes of Manhood in Ceremony

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Edith Swan
MELUS, vol. 17, no. 1, Native American Fiction: Myth and Criticism , Spring, 1991/1992, pp. [39]-61
Description
Discusses manifestations of male relationships in the novel and compares them to practices at Laguna.
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The Leadership of Allan Houser

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Camilla Shelton
Undergraduate Leadership Review, vol. 1, no. 1, Spring, 2008, pp. 25-35
Description
Discusses how artist's work helped Native American artists restore their identity and culture.
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Legal Counsel and the Navajo Nation Since 1945

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Peter Iverson
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 3, no. 1, Spring, 1977, pp. 1-15
Description
An investigation of the evolving legal history of the Navajo Nation following the Second World War. The Navajo legal counsel provides legal opinions on land, resource development, employment, and the protection of sovereignty.
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Martinez Essay: Understanding Race

Alternate Title
"Understanding Race": Theme Semester UMMA Dossiers for Teaching [Maria Martinez]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ángela Pérez-Villa
Description
Resource for teaching K-12 deals with the work of the famous potter.
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Mobilizing Communities to Reduce Substance Abuse in Indian Country

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Bernard H. Ellis
Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, vol. 35, no. 1, Morning Star Rising: Healing Native American Communities, January-March 2003, pp. 89-96
Description
Looks at substance abuse reduction initiatives in McKinley County, New Mexico and the Wind River Indian Reservation in Wyoming.
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A Modernist Moment: Native Art and Surrealism at the University of Oklahoma

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mark A. White
Journal of Surrealism and the Americas, vol. 7, no. 1, 2013, pp. 52-70
Description
Discuses the Native American fine arts movement of personal expression and active engagement with mainstream modern art during the late 1940s. Focuses on the work of artists Chief Terry Saul, Walter Richard "Dick" West, and Oscar Howe.
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