American Indians of the Pacific Northwest
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
University of Washington Libraries
Description
Database with over 2300 original photographs complemented by essays and maps, 1500 pages from the Annual Reports of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs (USA), and six Treaties.
Archives of Native Presence: Land Tenure Research on the Grand Ronde Reservation
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ian Kretzler
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 41, no. 4, 2017, pp. 45-70
Description
Argues that tribal historic preservation methods provide insight for all cultural heritage managers. Uses the approach and findings of the Grand Ronde Land Tenure Project as an example of repurposing archival documents in the interests of the Indigenous peoples.
Assessment of AIDS Knowledge, Attitudes, Behaviors, and Risk Level of Northwestern American Indians
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Roberta L. Hall
Doni Wilder
Pamela Bodenroeder
Michael Hess
American Journal of Public Health, vol. 80, no. 7, July 1990, pp. 875-877
Description
Findings from the 1988-89 study indicated an estimated 10.6% of male and 6.4% of female Pacific Northwestern American Indians were at high risk for AIDS in contrast to 3% of the general U.S. population.
At the Hearth of the Crossed Races: A French-Indian Community in Nineteenth-Century Oregon, 1812-1859; Great Lakes Creoles: A French-Indian Community on the Northern Borderlands, Prairie du Chien, 1750-1860
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Jean Barman
BC Studies, no. 191, Autumn, 2016, pp. 137-138
Description
Book reviews of: At the Hearth of the Crossed Races by Melinda Marie Jette.
Great Lakes Creoles by Lucy Eldersveld Murphy.
Scrol down to page 137 ro read reviews.
Canoe Journeys and Cultural Revival
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Bruce E. Johansen
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 36, no. 2, 2012, pp. 131-141
Description
Comments on long distance journeys by canoe, the revival of canoe making and teaching respect for the water.
Canoes and Canoe Journeys
Alternate Title
NILI Canoe Curriculum
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde
Northwest Indian Language Institute
Description
Primarily designed for Kindergarten to Grade 5 students enrolled in Chinuk Wawa immersion programs.
What Do I Bail? student booklet in English. What Do I Bail? student booklet in Chinuk Wawa.
Chief Joseph
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Contemporary Authors
Description
An hereditary leader of the Nez Perces, is widely known for leadership during the Nez Perce War of 1877 and his essay "An Indian's Views of Indian Affairs," published in North American Review, April, 1879.
The Chinook Jargon, Past and Present
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rena V. Grant
California Folklore Quarterly, vol. 3, no. 4, October 1944, pp. 259-276
Description
Looks at how the Chinook Jargon developed into international speech among the people of Washington, Oregon, British Columbia and Alaska.
Chinuk Wawa: Kakwa nsayka ulman-tilixam ɬaska munkkəmtəks nsayka / As Our Elders Teach Us to Speak It
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Dave Robertson
BC Studies, no. 185, Barkerville, Spring, 2015, pp. 199-200
Description
Book review of Chinuk Wawa: Kakwa nsayka ulman-tilixam ɬaska munk munkkəmtəks nsayka / As Our Elders Teach Us to Speak It by the Confederated Tribes of Grande Ronde.
Entire book review section on one PDF. To access this review scroll to p. 199.
Chipmunk Meets Old Witch (At-At-A'Tia)
Alternate Title
The Indian Reading Series: Stories and Legends of the Northwest ; Level 1, Book 12
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Warm Springs Reservation Committee
Description
Children's book retells a traditional story. Suitable for use with Grades K-2.
Related material: Lesson Plan.
Culturally Appropriate Implementation of the Ages and Stages Questionnaire in Aboriginal Head Start Programs in BC: Findings and Recommendations
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jessica Ball
Description
Presents overview of research on developmental screening tools and the transportability from one culture to another. Looks at programs in British Columbia and Quebec using ASQ (Ages and Stages Questionnaire).
Dammed in Region Six: The Nez Perce Tribe, Agricultural Development, and the Inequality of Scale
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Benedict J. Colombi
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 29, no. 3/4, Special Issue: The National Museum of the American Indian, Summer - Autumn, 2005, pp. 560-589
Description
Article examines the adoption of Western farming practices by the Nez Perce and the shift from a fishing-based economy to a Euro-American agriculture economy in the context of social power and cultural scale.
Dart and Arrow Points on the Columbia Plateau of Western North America
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kenneth M.Ames
Kristen A. Fuld
Sara Davis
American Antiquity, vol. 75, no. 2, April 2010, pp. 287-325
Description
Argues that the bow and arrow were present in the early Holocene and that atlatls, bows and arrows were used, in varying frequencies, at the same time.
Death and the Rise of the State: Criminal Courts, Indian Executions, and Early Pacific Northwest Governments
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Wendi A. Lindquist
American Review of Canadian Studies, vol. 42, no. 2, CONNECT—New Voices on Canada , June 2012, pp. 142-155
Description
Discusses how the creation of colonial and territorial governments shifted treatment of interracial homicide into the legal arena rather than using past practices of direct retaliation.
Deep Organizing and Indigenous Studies Legislation in Oregon
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Leilani Sabzalian
Angie Morrill
Se-ah-dom Edmo
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 58, no. 3, Fall, 2019, pp. 34-57
Description
Highlights the implementation of Oregon's Senate Bill 13, an effort to include more Indigenous history and perspectives into the state's schools curriculum.
The Design of an American Indian Community Education and Leadership Development Center
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Brian P. Miller
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 18, no. 2, January 1979, pp. [11-14]
Description
Reviews the development of a Southwestern learning centre that provides leadership training programs for Native Americans.
Developing and Organizing an Archival Education Training Opportunity for Oregon's Tribal Communities: The Oregon Tribal Archives Institute
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Natalia M. Fernandez
David G. Lewis
Journal of Western Archives, vol. 6, no. 1, Native American Archives Special Issue, 2015, p. article 5
Description
Describes the Oregon Tribal Archives Institute (OTAI) project development, organization and implementation.
Dictionary of the Chinook Jargon: Indian Trade Language of the North Pacific Coast
Alternate Title
Hibben's Guide to British Columbia
Guide to the Province of British Columbia for 1877-8: Completed from the Latest and Most Authentic ...
E-Books » Chapters
Description
Lexicon of Chinook-English and English-Chinook for a mixed trade language spoken in the Pacific Northwest.
Chapter from Guide to the Province of British Columbia for 1877-8.
Earth, Animals, and Academics: Plateau Indian Communities, Culture, and the Walla Walla Council of 1855
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Clifford E. Trafzer
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 17, no. 3, Special Issue on Encounter of Two Worlds: The Next Five Hundred Years, 1993, pp. 81-100
Description
Argues that historiography, too often, overlooks traditional beliefs and oral histories, especially those regarding the earth, plants, and animals which significantly influenced the course of Aboriginal history.
End in Tears: Understanding Grief and Loss in D’Arcy McNickle’s The Surrounded
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
January Lim
English Studies in Canada, vol. 35, no. 2-3, June/September 2009, pp. 145-164
Description
Looks at the identity conflicts affecting the main character, that of being torn between pursuing life within the context of white or Native tradition.
Forty-Fifth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1927-1928
E-Books
Author/Creator
H. W. Dorsey
Description
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
French Canadians, Furs, and Indigenous Women in the Making of the Pacific Northwest
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Heather Devine
BC Studies, no. 188, Winter, 2015/2016, pp. 114-115
Description
Book review of: French Canadians, Furs, and Indigenous Women in the Making of the Pacific Northwest by Jean Barman.
Entire book review section on one pdf. To read this review scroll to p. 114.