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John "Rocky" Barrett: Constitutional Reform and the Citizen Potawatomi Nation's Path to Self-Determination

Alternate Title
Leading Native Nations Interview Series
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
John "Rocky" Barrett
Ian Record
Description
Examines the self-determination, governance, and development issues facing Indian Country, including building effective governments, developing strong economies, solving difficult social problems, and balancing cultural integrity and change. Duration: 1:02:39. Includes textual transcript. Requires creation of free account to access materials.
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Kiowa Military Societies: Ethnohistory and Ritual

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Max Carocci
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 36, no. 3, 2012, pp. 174-177
Description
Book review of: Kiowa Military Societies by William C. Meadows. Review located by scrolling to page 174.
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Math and Science Instructors’ Perceptions of Their American Indian Students at a Sub-Baccalaureate Technical College: A Delphi Study

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Carsten Schmidtke
Journal of Career and Technical Education, vol. 25, no. 2, Winter, 2010, pp. 8-16
Description
Study surveyed seven teachers from the Great Plains Technical College in an effort to see if their attitudes might influence the high retention rate at the institution.
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Men's Fancy

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Craig Jones
Whispering Wind, vol. 45, no. 4, July 2017, pp. 41-43
Description
Photographs of the participants and comments on the dress and dance styles at the event.
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The Midnight Rider: The EPA and Tribal Self-Determination.

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Raymond Nolan
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 42, no. 3, Summer, 2018, pp. 329-343
Description

Using a rider added by Senator James Inhof to a transportation bill as a case study, the author analyzes the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) relationship with Indigenous people in the United States, and offers criticism on the EPA’s failure to respect tribal self-determination.

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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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More Than a Food Fight: Intellectual Traditions and Cultural Continuity in Chilocco's Indian School Journal, 1902-1918

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jennifer Bess
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 37, no. 1, Winter, 2013, pp. 77-110
Description
Examines ways that federal assimilation policies were actualized in the cultivation and consumption of food at the boarding school and the how the newsletter helped the students keep their identities.
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Morning Prayer

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Thomas D. Jenks
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 7, no. 1, Series 2, Spring, 1995, pp. 1-2
Description
Poem by Thomas D. Jenks. Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
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Muscogee Students and Elders Learn From One Another

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Monte Randall
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 23, no. 2, Climate Commitment, Winter, 2011
Description
Looks at Project Management, a form of experimental learning, where the students plan, implement and participate in a tribal community service project.
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My Cherokee Grandmother's "First Fire Story"

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Pamela Tambornino
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 21, no. 4, Native American Studies, Summer, 2010, pp. 30-31
Description
Reflects on the lessons the author learned about Native American language and culture from her grandmother.
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The Nanticoke-Delaware Skeleton Dance

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
James H. Howard
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 2, no. 1, Spring, 1975, pp. 1-13
Description
An overview and analysis of the Nanticoke, a lost Indigenous group from Maryland adopted by the Delaware, their death rituals, and the Skeleton Dance and its significance.
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Native American Turnout in the 1990 and 1992 Elections

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Geoff Peterson
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 21, no. 2, Spring, 1997, pp. 321-331
Description
Article offers an analysis of data collected about the voting practices of Indigenous voters in two different elections in the United States. 674 Indigenous voters in 7 states were interviewed, findings indicate that while income and education levels play a role, Indian status is strongly related to whether an individual voted in these elections.
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Native Americans and the Civil War

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Arrell Morgan Gibson
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 9, no. 4, Autumn, 1985, pp. 385-410
Description
Examines the American Indigenous population's direct and indirect involvement in the US Civil War and its aftermath. The Confederate army courted Indigenous groups due to their tactical location and as a source for more troops.
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Notes on the Kado, or Sun Dance of the Kiowa

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Hugh Lenox Scott
American Anthropologist, vol. 13, no. 3, New Series, July-September 1911, pp. 345-379
Description
Description of the ceremony and discussion of possible origins.
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Notes on the Kiowa Sun Dance

Alternate Title
Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History ; v. 16, pt. 6
E-Books
Author/Creator
Leslie Spier
Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History
Description
Forms part of Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History, v.16 (p.433-450 , 1 map).
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Old Song, Rough Music: The Shivoree Politics of Lynn Riggs's Green Grow the Lilacs

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jenna Hunnef
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 28, no. 3, Fall, 2016, pp. 1-22
Description
Discusses the play's treatment of lawlessness and racial violence in Oklahoma prior to it achieving statehood as expressed in the ritual of the shivoree, which was used to show community disapproval of an inappropriate marriage.
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On The Brink

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Jacob Manatowa-Bailey
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 31, no. 2, Rescuing Critically Endangered Native American Languages, Summer, 2007
Description
Comments on the extinction of some Native American languages and what can be done to spare other languages from the same fate.
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On The Politics of Indigeneity: North American and Pacific Histories

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Doug Kiel
Journal of Social History, vol. 44, no. 1, Fall, 2010, pp. 239-245
Description
Book reviews of: Ties That Bind: The Story of an Afro-Cherokee Family in Slavery and Freedom by Tiya Miles. Authentic Indians: Episodes of Encounter from the Late-Nineteenth-Century North-west Coast by Paige Raibmon. Hawaiian Blood: Colonialism and the Politics of Sovereignty and Indigeneity by J. Kēhaulani Kauanui.
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Oral Histories from Chilocco Indian Agricultural School 1920-1940

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
K. Tsianina Lomawaima
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 11, no. 3, Summer, 1987, pp. 241-254
Description
Using accounts from two former boarding school students to examine and compare their personal, social and culture experiences within a boarding school environment in Oklahoma.
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