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The Palouse in Eekish Pah

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Clifford E. Trafzer
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 9, no. 2, Spring, 1985, pp. 169-182
Discusses the relocation of the Palouse Nation from their traditional homeland to the Eekish Pah, or Hot Place, in Oklahoma.
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Pax Lenape: The Peaceable Kingdom of the Pennsylvania Indians

Alternate Title
Papers From the American Indian Studies Section at the 2006 Western Social Science Association
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Dawn Marsh Riggs
Indigenous Policy Journal of the Indigenous Studies Network, vol. 17, no. 2, Summer, 2006, p. [?]
Looks at the Lenape philosophy of sovereignty and land ownership during the colonial period, and discusses the diversity of principles regarding European and Indigenous perceptions of land use and governance. Access through table of contents.
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The Peyote Road

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Orit Tamir
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 36, no. 3, 2012, pp. 180-183
Book review of: The Peyote Road by Thomas C. Maroukis. Review located by scrolling to page 180.
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Political Protest, Conflict, and Tribal Nationalism: The Oklahoma Choctaws and the Termination Crisis of 1959-1970.

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Valerie Lambert
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 31, no. 2, Spring, 2007, pp. 283-309
Argues that contrary to accepted wisdom, there was a movement to resist the process of assimilation advocated by Harry J. W. Belvin and that this resistance began with the Choctaw youth movement.
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The Politics of Place in Linda Hogan’s Mean Spirit

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Elizabeth Blair
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 6, no. 3, Series 2: Linda Hogan: Calling Us Home, Fall, 1994, pp. 15-21
Looks at the exploitation against Native American Indians as they struggle against the greed that threatens their lives and the survival of their culture. Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
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Prediction of Coronary Heart Disease in a Population With High Prevalence of Diabetes and Albuminuria: The Strong Heart Study

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Elisa T. Lee
Barbara V. Howard
Wenyu Wang
Thomas K. Welty
James M. Galloway
Lyle G. Best
Richard R. Fabsitz
Ying Zhang
Jeunliang Yeh
Richard B. Devereux
Circulation, vol. 113, no. 25, June 27, 2006, pp. 2897-2905
Equations for the prediction of coronary heart disease in 13 communities in Arizona, North and South Dakota and Oklahoma.
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Public Perceptions and the Importance of Community: Observations from a California Indian Who Has Lived, Learned, and Taught in Indiana, Oklahoma, and Wyoming

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
William J. Bauer Jr.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 27, no. 1/2, Special Issue: Native Experiences in the Ivory Tower, Winter-Spring, 2003, pp. 62-66
Author describes their varying experience attending and teaching at three different Universities, stresses that the perception and treatment of Indigenous people in these institutions is directly related to the institution's engagement with and knowledge of contemporary Indigenous communities.
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Quanah Parker: A Great Indian Spokesman

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lynn R. Osborn
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 1, no. 2, 1974, pp. 14-17
Brief look at the speaking career of the advocate and representative for the Apache, Comanche, Kiowa peoples of Oklahoma.
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Rance Hood: Mystic Painter

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Patricia A. Etter
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 24, no. 1, Spring, 2009, pp. 121-122
Book review of: Rance Hood: Mystic Painter by James J. Hester and Rance Hood.
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A Reading Improvement Strategy

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Raymond L. Kimble
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 13, no. 2, January 1974, pp. [14-20]
Explains that a Chilocco School (Bureau of Indian Affairs) employs a full-time reading teacher and teacher aide which results in better reading ability.
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[Reclaiming Native American Cultures: Proceedings of the Native American Symposium], Part Five: Oral History and Tradition

Alternate Title
Chahta-Immataha and the Choctaw Bible
Native American Symposium ; 2nd, 1997
The King of the Waters: Legend of the Horned Water Serpent
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Deborah Mitchell
Jerry Bryan Lincecum
The King of the Waters: Legend of the Horned Water Serpent by Deborah Mitchell examines the rare legend of a "snake-man". Chahta-Immataha and the Choctaw Bible by Jerry Bryan Lincecum discusses the oral tradition of the Choctaw people.
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[Reclaiming Native American Cultures: Proceedings of the Native American Symposium], Part One: Native American Voices in the Museum

Alternate Title
Native American Symposium ; 2nd, 1997
Native American Voices in the Museum: The Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History Enters a New Century
Reclaiming Artifacts Through Oral History
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Clifford Crane
Annette B. Fromom
Reclaiming Artifacts Through Oral History by Clifford Crane discusses strategies of representing Native American cultures in museums. Native American Voices in the Museum: The Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History Enters a New Century by Annette B. Fromom examines the importance of involving Native Americans in correctly representing museum artifacts.
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"A Remedy for Barbarism": Indian Schools, the Civilizing Program, and the Kiowa-Comanche-Apache Reservation, 1871-1915

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Clyde Ellis
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 18, no. 3, 1994, pp. 85-120
Views a past that demonstrates a strong belief in schools as a means to progress and how, of all the government programs, only education promised a complete assimilation for Aboriginal children.
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Remembering the Forgotten Minority: An Analysis of American Indian Employment Patterns in State and Local Government, 1991–2011

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Valerie H. Hunt
Melissa A. Taylor
and Daniel “Ramon” Cox
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 43, no. 1, 2019, pp. 31-54
Study analyzes 24 years of US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission data (1991-2015) from eight states to examine the degree to which Indigenous people are overrepresented in the lower paying, less desirable, non-managerial, public sector positions in local and state government bureaucracies and underrepresented in the more desirable, better paying, managerial positions.
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Representations of Sport in the Indian School Journal, 1906-1913

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sarah K. Fields
Journal of Sport History, vol. 35, no. 2, Indigenous Sport, Summer, 2008, pp. 241-259
Discusses the significance of physical activity, sportsmanship & racial pride in the lives of the Native students & educators at the Chilocco Indian School and other boarding schools.
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Reviews: Arriving Amid A Herd of Horses [Studies in American Indian Literatures, Series 2, Vol. 10, No. 3, Fall, 1998]

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Dean Rader
Robert J. Conley
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 10, no. 3, Series 2; [Special Issue on] Almanac of the Dead, Fall, 1998, pp. 88-96
Book reviews of: Blue Horses Rush In by Luci Tapahonso. The Oklahoma Basic Intelligence Test: New and Collected Elementary, Epistolary, Autobiographical and Oratorical Choctologies by D. L. Birchfield. Entire issue on one pdf. To access reviews, scroll down to appropriate page.
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Rewriting the Narrative of American History: American Indian Identity and the Process of Recovery

Alternate Title
Contemporary American Indian History
[Yale National Initiative National Seminars]
Curriculum Units by National Fellows of the the Yale National Initiative ; 2016 Volume 1
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jo Anne Flory

Unit looks at how the authors of Tulsa: From Creek Town to Oil Capital (Angie Debo), Custer Died for Your Sins (Vine Deloria, Jr.), and Winter in the Blood (James Welch) repond to certain crises in Native American history. Designed for 11th grade Advanced Placement Language and Composition classes. Some focus on Oklahoma history.

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Rising Tide of Cardiovascular Disease in American Indians: The Strong Heart Study

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Barbara V. Howard
PhD; Elisa T. Lee
PhD; Linda D. Cowan
PhD; Richard B. Devereux
MD; James M. Galloway
MD; Oscar T. Go
PhD; William James Howard
MD; Everett R. Rhoades
MD; David C. Robbins
MD; Maurice L. Sievers
MD; Thomas K. Welty
MD
Circulation, vol. 99, May 11, 1999, pp. 2389-2395
Findings about heart disease (CVD) and risk factors in 13 Native American communities in Arizona, Oklahoma, and South/North Dakota.
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Roles of American Indian Grandparents in Times of Cultural Crisis

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rockey Robbins
Avraham Scherman
Heidi Holeman
Jason Wilson
Journal of Cultural Diversity, vol. 12, no. 2, Summer, 2005, pp. 62-68
Study conducted through interviews indicated that the role of cultural conservator was carried out through storytelling, support of children taking part in cultural activities and transference of traditions and values.
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Sam Sixkiller Cherokee: Frontier Law Man

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Ken Dunn
Whispering Wind, vol. 41, no. 6, Issue 286, March 2013, pp. 32-33
Book review of: Sam Sixkiller Cherokee by Chris Enss and Howard Kazaniiand.
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Searching for Haknip Achukma (Good Health): Challenges to Food Sovereignty Initiatives in Oklahoma

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Devon Mihesuah
American Indian Culture and Research Journal , vol. 41, no. 3, Indigenous Food Sovereignty, 2017, pp. 9-30
Looks at reasons for the population's poor health and difficulties encountered when a tribes try to control production, quality and distribution of food. Some of the issues include definition of "traditional food", access, environmental degradation, poaching and invasive species.
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The Seminole Nation of Oklahoma: A Legal History

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Donald L. Fixico
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 36, no. 2, 2012, pp. 206-209
Book review of: The Seminole Nation of Oklahoma by L. Susan Work. Review located by scrolling to page 206.
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Slave "Revolt" in the Cherokee Nation, 1842

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Daniel F. Littlefield
Lonnie E. Underhill
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 3, no. 2, Summer, 1977, pp. 121-131
The authors discusses the Cherokee's attitudes toward slaves and "free Blacks", the laws they created to regulate them, and the possible motivations of the runaway slaves.
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