Adornment: Native American Regalia

Alternate Title
Education Packet: Developed for K-12 Teachers
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
University of Wyoming Art Museum
Description
Presents lesson plans to assist teachers on traditional clothing of the Northern Plains Indians including the artistic and cultural expression of clothing. Developed for K-12.
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AIHEC Accepts Wyoming College, Elects Officers

Articles » General
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Eduation, vol. 17, no. 3, Heroes of Today, Spring, 2006
Description
Acceptance of the Wind River Tribal College of Erhete, Wyoming by the American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC)
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AMBER Alert in Indian Country

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jim Walters
Melissa Blasing
Department of Justice Journal of Federal Law and Practice, vol. 69, no. 1, Missing or Murdered Indigenous Persons: Law Enforcement and Prevention, January 2021, pp. 21-34
Description
An examination of the need for and successful implementation of AMBER Alert systems in communities throughout the United States. Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to page 21.
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Anomy, Values and Culture Change Among Teen-Age Indians: An Exploratory Study

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Stanton K. Tefft
Sociology of Education, vol. 40, no. 2, Spring, 1967, pp. 145-157
Description
Research conducted on Wind River high school students finds Arapaho teenagers appear to have difficultly in determining proper value choices compared to Shoshone and non-Aboriginal teenagers.
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Building Healthy Tribal Nations in Montana and Wyoming through Collaborative Research and Development

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Steve R. Andersen
Gordon M. Belcourt
Kathryn M. Langwell
American Journal of Public Health, vol. 95, no. 5, May 2005, pp. 784-789
Description
Describes a collaborative approach to reducing health disparities affecting Montana and Wyoming tribal nations while promoting health-protective practices and interventions.
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Ceh'e3teekuu!- Listen- This is Arapaho Land

Alternate Title
Ceh'e3teekuu!--Listen-- This is Arapaho Land
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Phineas Arthur Kelly
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 44, no. 4, Fall, 2020, pp. 415-433
Description
An examination of the creation of the augmented reality (AR) mobile place-based learning game Vision Quest developed at the University of Wyoming that teaches Arapaho language and culture developed. The author further discusses the adaptability of Indigenous people to combat colonization through the app.
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classiFICTIONs

Theses
Author/Creator
Adrienne Vetter
Description
Art and Design Thesis (M.F.A.)--University of Michigan, 2009.
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Crow Style Bridle Ornament

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lewis Richards
Whispering Wind, vol. 45, no. 3, May 2017, pp. 28-29
Description
Describes the construction of the ornament made for a special horse who returned to St. Stephens Mission on his own volition.
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Cultural Guide to American Indian Tribes in Montana and Wyoming

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
National Center for Minority Health and Health Disparities
American Indian Health Research Program
Black Hills State University
Montana-Wyoming Tribal Leaders Council
Description
Groups included: Blackfoot, Crow, Fort Belknap Reservation, Little Shell Chippewa, Northern Arapaho, and Northern Cheyenne.
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Denver Indian Family Resource Center: Research Report

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Robin Leake
Description
Discusses the activities of the Rocky Mountain Quality Improvement Center (RMQIC) project which was designed to prevent removal and out-of-home placement of children who have become involved with the child welfare system due to parental substance abuse and child neglect.
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Eight Problems in Indian Education

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Alonzo Spang
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 10, no. 1, October 1970, pp. [1-4]
Description
Factors that contribute to problems of educating children in various school systems.
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Forced to Abandon Their Farms: Water Deprivation and Starvation among the Gila River Pima, 1892–1904

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
David H. DeJong
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 28, no. 3, 2004, pp. 29-56
Description
Examines the National Reclamation Act and how many people in the Gila River and Casa Grande valleys, including government officials, thought that the first reclamation project would be built in Arizona.
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A Functional Analysis of Certain Chipped Stone Tools

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
George C. Frison
American Antiquity, vol. 33, no. 2, April 1968, pp. 149-155
Description
Studies flakes and sharpening tools from a buffalo kill and butchering site in northern Wyoming.
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George de Forest Brush: The Indian Paintings

Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
George de Forest Brush
Description
Presents several of the artist's late paintings (1880) that emerged as works of protest. From exhibition mounted at the National Gallery of Art, September 14, 2008 - January 4, 2009.
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Grabill Collection

Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
John C. H. Grabill
Description
Digital collection of 188 photographs taken between 1887-1892 by John C. H. Grabill.
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Help for Missing American Indian and Alaska Native Children

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
John F. Clark
Department of Justice Journal of Federal Law and Practice, vol. 69, no. 1, Missing or Murdered Indigenous Persons: Law Enforcement and Prevention, January 2021, pp. 5-20
Description
Outlines the benefits of using the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children and AMBER Alert systems to help protect and recover abducted Indigenous children. Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to page 5.
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Indigenous Studies and "The Sacred"

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mary L. Keller
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 38, no. 1, Winter, 2014, pp. 82-109
Description
Looks at the term "sacred" as having different meanings to different cultures and comments on the United Nations replacing the term with the phrase intangible cultural heritage.
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Keepers of the Past, For the Future

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Bradley Shreve
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 25, no. 3, Preserving and Protecting Knowledge, Spring, 2014
Description
Introductory article to this themed issue illustrates the unique ways tribal colleges and universities are preserving, protecting and disseminating cultural knowledge to future generations.
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The Medicine Wheel

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
George Bird Grinnell
American Anthropologist, vol. 24, no. 3, New Series, July-September 1922, pp. 299-310
Description
Detailed description with illustrations and some speculation as to who planned and built the site found in Wyoming.
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Mobilizing Communities to Reduce Substance Abuse in Indian Country

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Bernard H. Ellis
Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, vol. 35, no. 1, Morning Star Rising: Healing Native American Communities, January-March 2003, pp. 89-96
Description
Looks at substance abuse reduction initiatives in McKinley County, New Mexico and the Wind River Indian Reservation in Wyoming.
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Political Learning among Members of a Racial-Ethnic Minority

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Morris A. Forslund
Betty L. Wells
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 3, no. 2, 1979, pp. 1-22
Description
Reviews previous research which assessed influence of sex, social class and race, and investigates whether Native American children exhibit the same pattern of political disaffection as Black children. Study involved 480 children from Grades five to eight on, or in close proximity to Wind River Reservation.
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