American Indian Quarterly, vol. 23, no. 2, Spring, 1999, pp. 23-37
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The authors examine the campaign, local media coverage, and the exit poll of the 1994 Navajo presidential campaign and election offer analysis of the even and its significance.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 8, no. 1, Winter, 1984, pp. 37-49
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Using Lakota leader Black Elk's relationship with Christianity to discuss the evolution of Indigenous religions influenced by European culture, ideals and religion.
American Literature, vol. 71, no. 1, March 1999, pp. 93-116
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Discusses the debate about what constitutes American Indian identity by contrasting U.S. government's standard of blood quantum with N. Scott Momaday's trope of "memory in the blood" as a sign of racial authenticity.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 23, no. 3/4, June 1, 1999, pp. 63-82
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Examines authenticity in Native American representation in terms of two narratives that challenge the popular concept of "Indian": A Son of the Forest by William Apess and A Narrative of the Life of Mrs. Mary Jemison.
American Antiquity, vol. 49, no. 2, April 1984, pp. 288-314
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Describes a stratified site that includes Clovis, Folsom, Agate Basin-Hell Gap, and Alberta-Cody cultures along with several thousand sites of more recent dates.
Pediatrics, vol. 103, no. 5, Supplement, May 2, 1999, pp. 1085-1099
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Examines factors involved with children of substance abusers and the need to extend the studies over longer periods of time for more substantial conclusions.
Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part C: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Endocrinology, vol. 124, no. 2, October 1999, pp. 181-186
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Reports the mercury levels in five subsistence fish, northern pike, burbot, whitefish, grayling and sheefish, from the Yukon-Kuskokwim delta region of Alaska.
Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing Research, vol. 42, no. 6, December 1999, pp. 1311-1322
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Investigated age, gender, ethnic background and history of middle ear disease as factors affecting the degree of hearing impairment. The article also discusses how language acquisition can be affected due to hearing loss.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 23, no. 1, Winter, 1999, pp. 45-53
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Author explores the different characteristics and purposes of storytelling, comparing Indigenous and Western traditions, oral vs written storytelling, and the different cultural values that are embedded in the stories.
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 14, no. 1, Spring, 1999, pp. 147-163
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Looks at the historical relationship, from a small town perspective, between people on the Nez Perce reservation and the United States, be it government or local level interactions.
Journal of American Institute for Conservation, vol. 38, no. 1, 1999, pp. 45-54
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Analysis of the two paintings uses evidence to formulate a hypothesis as to why the artist, Albert Biestadt painted two versions and in what order they were painted.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 8, no. 4, Autumn, 1984, pp. 281-314
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Looks at the court transcripts of the White Earth Chippewa Reservation land allotment fraud cases. Anthropological Professors Albert Jenks and Ales Hrdlicka provided testimony regarding "mixed blooded" and "full Indians" status based on physical characteristics.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 23, no. 3/4, Summer/Fall, June 1, 1999, pp. 177-181
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Book reviews of:
Deadly Medicine: Indians and Alcohol in Early America by Peter C. Mancall;
White Man's Wicked Water: The Alcohol Trade and Prohibition in Indian Country, 1802-1892 by William E. Unrau.