Oklahoma

Looks at intergenerational perspectives on loss of the Chikashshanompa language and importance to Chickasaw families.

Simon Ortiz introduces Dr. Peterson Zah who speaks on the history of Native American education, Navajo education and student recruitment. Fifth installment of lecture series. Duration: 1:12:14

Book review of: For a Love of His People edited by Nancy Marie Mithlo.

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.

Report includes the following papers: Report of the Chief Clerk by H. W. Dorsey The Salishan Tribes of the Western Plateaus by James A. Teit, edited by Franz Boas Tattooing and Face and Body Painting of the Thompson Indians, British Columbia by James A. Teit, edited by Franz Boas Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia by Elsie Viault Steedman The Osage Tribe: Rite of the Wa-xo'-be by Francis La Flesche

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

Looks at the evolution of the Cherokee legal system, from traditional blood feuds to a traditional tribal court system. However, the signing of the New Echota Treaty in 1835 saw the return to blood feuds within the Cherokee Nation.

History Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2002.

A timeline and series of brief biographies of Oklahoma army veterans, many of whom are Indigenous.

Discusses Cheyenne cooperation with the United States Military following the Battle of Little Big Horn.

Study findings indicated that a greater genetic degree of Cherokee ancestry reduces the risk of Alzheimer Disease (AD).

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

Presents updated interviews originally conducted in 2012, offering a glimpse of how communities are using traditional foods as a way to promote a healthy lifestyle, share cultural knowledge and reclaim a local food system.

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

Comments on the variety of Native American languages in Oklahoma and the actions that are necessary to ensure they stay alive and are not forgotten.

The author, a member of the Choctaw Nation, investigates the need for more in-depth scientific study of the McAlester Army Ammunitions Plant's contamination on the soil, water and air of the neighbouring Choctaw homeland.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Oklahoma, 2003.

Author traces the participation of the Cherokees in the assassination of Major Ridge, along with their subsequent move to East Texas.

Geography Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Nebraska, 1996.

History Thesis (M.A.)--University of Oklahoma, 1963.

Discusses recent tribal, state, and congressional legislative efforts to identify and recognize the service of Native Americans who served in the Armed Forces during a foreign conflict and who transmitted secret coded messages for tactical military operations during World War I and World War II, using native tribal language.

Poem with an autobiographical tone on life in Tahlequah, Cherokee County, Oklahoma.

Looks at the danger of extinction of the Sauk language and a preservation program that includes pre-school curriculum, community participation, materials production, and educational gatherings.

Examines the effect of the Oklahoma Promise grant using data for the 2002-2006 time span. Findings indicate that females with an income over $40,000 were very successful in postsecondary education.

[Education] Thesis (Ed.D.)--University of Arkansas, 1992.

Paper presented at the 1972 annual meeting of the American Orthopsychiatric Association in Detroit.

Author discusses her boarding school experiences and its effect on her life.

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

[Anthropology] Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Ohio State University, 2000.

Discussion on the Indian Rights Association and its goal of the assimilation of American Indigenous nations, in particular through the allotment policies in Oklahoma during early twentieth century.

Oklahoma high school students were surveyed on the attributes of an effective counsellor.

Book review of: Indian Tribes of Oklahoma by Blue Clark.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--Bryn Mawr College, 1977.

Results indicated that lower developmental skills for Cherokee versus non Native American young children, diminished with age, leading the author to believe that results may reflect cultural differences in parenting rather than language delay or disorder.

Nursing Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Arizona, 1994.

[Native Studies] Thesis (M.A.)--University of Oklahoma, 2017.

Book review of: When Stars Came Down to Earth: Cosomology of the Skidi Pawnee Indians of North American by Vol Del Chamberlain.

Compares the two novels to each other as well as to several of their literary contemporaries.

Introduction to articles on Linda Hogan’s poetry and prose. Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.

Education Thesis (D.Ed.)--University of Oklahoma, 1968.

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.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--Pennsylvania State University, 2008.

Examines historical and current trends to engage Native American students and offers a list of practical suggestions employed in some Oklahoma schools.

Book review of: The Jesus Road by Luke Eric Lassiter, Clyde Ellis, and Ralph Kotay. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.

Contends although Mathew's work Wah'kon-tah: the Osage and the White Man's Road was nonfiction, there are still literary aspects to it. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.