Oklahoma

Social and Economic Consequences of Indian Gaming in Oklahoma

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kenneth W. Grant
Katherine A. Spilde
Jonathon B. Taylor
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 28, no. 2, 2004, pp. 97-129
Description
An examination of the social and economic consequences of Native American gaming in Oklahoma.
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Southern Plains Men's Moccasins with Fringe: Part 1: Southern Cheyenne

Alternate Title
Moccasin Corner: Southern Plains Men's Moccasins with Fringe: Part 1: Southern Cheyenne
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Michael Kostelnik
Whispering Wind, vol. 44, no. 3, 2016, pp. 14-19
Description
Explains style and design characteristics and distinguishes these elements from those used by Kiowa and Comanche.
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Southern Plains Men's Moccasins with Fringe: Part II: Kiowa

Alternate Title
Moccasin Corner: Southern Plains Men's Moccasins with Fringe: Part II: Kiowa
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Michael Kostelnik
Whispering Wind, vol. 44, no. 4, 2016, pp. 16-25
Description
Describes characteristics of style and discusses how living in close proximity to the Southern Cheyenne influenced the Kiowa's designs.
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Southern Plains Men's Moccasins with Fringe: Part IV: Women's Leggings: The End of Series Test

Alternate Title
Moccasin Corner: Southern Plains Men's Moccasins with Fringe: Part IV: Women's Leggings: The End of Series Test
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Michael Kostelnik
Whispering Wind, vol. 44, no. 6, 2016, pp. 17-25
Description
Summary of attributes of moccasins originating with the Southern Cheyenne, Kiowa, and Comanche, and brief explanation of women's styles for each group.
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Spirometry Reference Values for American Indian Adults

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
M. Susan Marion
Gary R. Leonardson
Everett R. Rhoades
Thomas K. Welty
Paul L. Enright
Chest, vol. 120, no. 2, August 2001, pp. 489-495
Description
Describes the study done on screening for pulmonary disease through comparison of Native American and non-Native Americans, aged 45-74.
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Stitching Osage Governance Into the Future

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jean Dennison
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 37, no. 2, The Settler Complex, 2013, pp. 115-127
Description
Looks at Osage ribbon work as presenting a metaphor for colonial entanglement.
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Strong Heart Study: The Largest Epidemiological Study of Cardiovascular Disease in American Indians

Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Center for American Indian Health Research
The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center

Center for American Indian Health Research
the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
Description
Contains links to: principal investigations, exams for Phase I-V, publications, SHS Operations Manual, slides and presentations, newsletters, and much more.
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Struggle for Power: The Impact of Southern Cheyenne and Arapaho "Schoolboys" on Tribal Politics

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Donald J. Berthrong
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 16, no. 1, Winter, 1992, pp. 1-24
Description
Author describes some negotiation and conflict that was, for the Southern Cheyenne and Arapaho peoples, a part of the transition from traditional hereditary leadership and governance systems to Western, elected systems of governance.
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Suffering like a Broken Toy: Social, Psychological, and Cultural Impacts for Urban American Indians with Chronic Pain

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Elise AG Duwe
International Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 14, no. 2, Growing Roots of Indigenous Wellbeing, October 31, 2019, pp. 150-186
Description
Qualitative study with mixed methods design; uses in-depth surveys of forty self-identified American Indians living with chronic pain. Paper explores the experience of the participants and the factors of resiliency from which they draw strength.
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Supernatural Beings of the Huron and Wyandot

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
C. M. Barbeau
American Anthropologist, vol. 16, no. 2, New Series, April-June 1914, pp. 288-313
Description
Turn of the century anthropologist's description of two classes of deities and spirits.
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Tar Creek: The Quapaw Tribe, the EPA, and Tribal Self-Determination, 1980–2010

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Raymond Anthony Nolan
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 33, no. 1, Spring, 2018, pp. 70-86
Description
Author examines the way that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) managed the clean-up of mining pollution on Quapaw land at the Tar Creek mine site; outlines frameworks of historic case law and contemporary sovereignty agreements, critically analyses the EPA’s process and its failure to recognize Quapaw sovereignty and self-determination within these contexts.
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Temple of Education: The Cherokee Female Seminary: Hope Building on Hope

Alternate Title
Native American Symposium ; 7th, 2007
Sixty-Seven Nations and Counting: Proceedings of the Seventh Native American Symposium
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Lisette Rice
Description
Discusses the history of the Seminary for Cherokee women and the underlying ideas that shaped both female and Native education in the nineteenth century, paying special attention to the curriculum of instruction at these institutions.
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Thirty-Sixth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1914-1915

Alternate Title
36th Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1914-1915
E-Books
Author/Creator
F. W. Hodge
Francis La Flesche
Description
Report includes the following papers: Report of the Ethnologist-in-Charge by F. W. Hodge The Osage Tribe: Rite of the Chiefs; Sayings of the Ancient Men by Francis La Flesche
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Tight Shoe Night

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Carol K. Rachlin
American Studies, vol. 6, no. 2, Indian Today, Fall, 1965, pp. 84-100
Description
Looks at the organization of Indian society, the connection between rural and urban people and the opinion of young people in western Oklahoma.
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Tobacco Use among American Indians in Oklahoma: An Epidemiological View

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
June E. Eichner
Kymberly Cravatt
Laura A. Beebe
Kathleen S. Blevins
Martha L. Stoddart ... [et al.]
Public Health Reports, vol. 120, no. 2, March-April 2005, pp. 192-199
Description
Used two statewide surveys and two large epidemiologic studies to compare rates of prevalence with other racial/ethnic groups.
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Traditional Foods in Native America: A Compendium of Traditional Foods Stories from American Indian and Alaska Native Communities. Part III

Alternate Title
Traditional Food Stories
Traditional Foods in Native America: A Compendium
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Chelsea Wesner
Native Diabetes Wellness Program
Description
Looks at nine programs with innovative approaches to promoting traditional foods and the promising practices which were developed.
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Traditional Foods in Native America: A Compendium of Traditional Foods Stories from American Indian and Alaska Native Communities. Part IV

Alternate Title
Traditional Food Stories
Traditional Foods in Native America: A Compendium
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Chelsea Wesner
Native Diabetes Wellness Program
Description
Presents nine stories with the central theme of reclaiming and preserving ancestral homelands to support and strengthen Native American foodways.
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Tribes of Men: John Joseph Mathews and Indian Internationalism

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Emily Lutenski
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 24, no. 2, Summer, 2012, pp. 39-64
Description
Looks at the life, travels and works of a Native American historian and writer. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 39.
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“‘Tubbee’ and His Nieces: A Colloquy on White Men, Choctaw Women, Intermarriage and ‘Indianness’ in the Choctaw Intelligencer, 1851”

Alternate Title
Native American Symposium ; 6th, 2005
Native Women in the Arts, Education and Leadership: Proceedings of the Sixth Native American Symposium
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Richard Mize
Description
Examines a series of letters to the editor that illuminate gender issues in the early Oklahoma Indian Territory.
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Type 2 Diabetes and Impaired Fasting Glucose in American Indians Aged 5-40 Years: The Cherokee Diabetes Study

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Elisa T. Lee
Momotaz Begum
Wenyu Wang
Piers R. Blackett
Kathleen S. Blevins
et al.
Annals of Epidemiology, vol. 14, no. 9, October 2004, pp. 696-704
Description
Suggests that due to the alarming increase of type 2 diabetes in American Indian children and adolescents, preventative measures and early detection programs must be implemented.
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Wahzhazhe: An Osage Ballet

Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
[Randy Tinker Smith
Jenna Smith]
Description
Portrays the history of the tribe from pre-contact to present day. Duration: 1:03:00.
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"We Have to Think of the Indian People Themselves": Oklahoma Indians and the Congresses of October 1934

Alternate Title
Native Ground: Protecting and Preserving History, Culture, and Customs
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Neal M. Hampton
Description
Comments on the power of Native American voices in the 1930s. Presented at the Tenth Native American Symposium, November 14-15, 2013. Chapter from Native Ground: Protecting and Preserving History, Culture, and Customs edited by Mark B. Spencer.
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