American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 26, no. 2, 2002, pp. 1-15
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Explores how transculturation or a middle ground, one that balances Indigenous and Christian religions, is used as a strategy for defining how religion is dealt with in three books. The three books used are: Linda Hogan’s Mean Spirit, Diane Glancy’s Pushing the Bear, and Sherman Alexie’s Reservation Blues.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 26, no. 2, Spring, 2002, pp. 246-270
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Author discusses the effects of Euro-American cultural content control in early Native American autobiographies to give the appearance that personal narratives and colonial policy were not in conflict.
Ten-year anthroplogical study tracked students from 1980-1981 to 1988-1989. Author argues problems of retention and success in school are part of conflict in the larger community.
Harvard Educational Review, vol. 65, no. 3, Fall , 1995, pp. 403-444
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Results of a ethnographic study on the lives of Navajo youth, describing the racial and cultural struggle between Native American Indians and non-Native Americans.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 19, no. 3, Summer, 1995, pp. 389-405
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Author examines 19th century liturgical texts adapted and translated to the Cherokee language. Semantic analysis reveals several representational and conceptual problems that had to be overcome in order to create effective translations of the texts.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 26, no. 4, 2002, pp. 113-120
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Revisites a less well-known published linguistic study, The Discovery of California, in order to educate a diverse audience on the linkage between language and migration.
American Studies, vol. 43, no. 1, Spring, 2002, pp. 75-99
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Looks at the promotion of home-building programs on reservations, from the white imagination to the realities of tribal life, by examining instances of attempted domestic reform.
National Review, vol. 54, no. 25, December 31, 2002, pp. 28-31
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Argues that reservation lands must be given back to individuals in order to remove the main barrier to economic development. Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, South Dakota is discussed.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 19, no. 4, Autumn, 1995, pp. 467-490
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Article examines the Canandaigua Treaty between the United States government and the Iroquois peoples (including the Mohawk, Cayuga, Seneca, Tuscarora, Oneida, and the Onondaga); draws attention to the socio-political context of the time the treaty was made.
Holistic Nursing Practice, vol. 16, no. 2, January 2002, pp. 58-79
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Describes, discusses and evaluates the Native Women Enjoying the Benefits (WEB) program which is designed to increase participation in screening procedures.
Journal of the American Dietetic Association, vol. 95, no. 7, July 1995, pp. 800-802
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Studies children and adolescents from two Cree communities using a dietitian-administered questionnaire to obtain information on foods consumed and activity.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 19, no. 3, Summer, 1995, pp. 341-360
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Author (an Anthropology Professor) attempts to define contemporary Indigenous identity in the Southwestern United States from an ethnographic perspective.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 26, no. 3, Summer, 2002, pp. 460-478
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Author critiques the theory presented in Basso’s book, Wisdom sits in Places, which argues that the voice of a place is nothing more than the projection of human imagination; article contextualize the critique in the within Apache cultural and spiritual practice.