American Indian Quarterly, vol. 5, no. 1, A Special Symposium Issue on Leslie Marmon Silko's , 1979, pp. 37-46
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A description of the narrative style of using events in the novel Ceremony to engage the reader's attention to look into deeper into the feelings and ideas behind the narrative's actions. Silko's style is a bridge between oral and written traditions for Indigenous storytelling.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 5, no. 1, A Special Symposium Issue on Leslie Marmon Silko's , 1979, pp. 13-18
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Looks at the role animals play in Leslie Silko's story and its reflections on Indigenous people needing to learn what to accept and what to resist in order to survive.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 5, no. 3, 1979, pp. 239-245
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Looks at Ruth Beebe Hill's novel Hanta Yo: An American Saga and how her research for the book presents valuable ethnographic details that are lost in a text that does not accurately portray Dakota culture to mainstream audiences.
Journal of the American Institute For Conservation, vol. 34, no. 3, Autumn-Winter, 1995, pp. 187-193
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Explores changing factors influencing traditional conservation methods and the role of conservation as it relates to material culture of Native Americans.
English Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1995.
Examines a novel by each of the authors: James Welch, Leslie Marmon Silko, Thomas King, and Gerald Vizenor.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 5, no. 1, A Special Symposium Issue on Leslie Marmon Silko's , 1979, pp. 47-62
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An analysis of the "tripratate" structural design of Silko's novel and how it places the hoop dance ceremony at the heart of the story despite the ritual only appearing in the middle of the novel.
Pacific Historical Review, vol. 64, no. 4, November 1995, pp. 537-566
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Argues that resistance occurred for several reasons including that the draft infringed on American Indians' status as non-Citizens, who could not be required to register for service and endangered federal protections of tribal sovereignty resulting in the acceleration toward assimilation, which had been attempted through the allotment process and the liquidation of tribal lands.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 19, no. 3, Summer, 1995, pp. 407-421
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Author critically examines printed text versions of Chief Seattle’s speech, considers how factors of historical context, translation from oral performance to written text, and intended audience might influence the retelling and meaning of the speech.
Art Journal, vol. 54, no. 3, Rethinking the Introductory Art History Survey, Autumn, 1995, pp. 72-75
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Comments how course content is arranged to give the student a multicultural introduction to the art of five cultures; those identified as the major ethnic groups in the United States.
American Literature, vol. 67, no. 4, December 1995, pp. 777-792
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Examines the concept of the road as a conduit for encounters, which Montana Ojibwa author Louise Erdrich uses to represent chance meetings between characters in the opening and closing portions of her novel.
Social Science & Medicine, vol. 41, no. 11, December 1995, pp. 1487-1498
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Comparison of substance abuse programs that incorporate traditional healing practices and the promotion of culture as both preventive and curing agents.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 5, no. 3, 1979, pp. 207-227
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An examination of the rise of Native American Studies in United States colleges and universities west of in the Mississippi River in the mid twentieth century.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 19, no. 2, Spring, 1995, pp. 181-203
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Examines the writings of Brigham Young to reconstruct some of the epidemiological events that affected Indigenous people in what is now Utah while was being colonized.
Library & Information Science Research, vol. 17, no. 1, Winter, 1995, pp. 49-67
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Analyzed the literature on gaming and natural resource exploitation in terms of authors, publication forms, type of source, titles of frequently cited works, and age of publication. Compared results to previous study by Metoyer-Duran.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 19, no. 3, Summer, 1995, pp. 319-339
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Author examines 13 treaties made between 1736 and 1762 and collected for publication by Benjamin Franklin; argues that the texts of the treaties demonstrate not only the influence of the Iroquois signatories, but also their worldview and spiritual practice, and function as a form of ritual or ceremony.
Child Welfare, vol. 74, no. 1, January-February 1995, pp. 264-82
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Discusses the law passed in 1978 as result of actions initiated by the Devils Lake Sioux in collaboration with the Association on American Indian Affairs (AIAA); the objective was to reverse the trend of out-of-home placement, and in particular trans-racial placements.