Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 5, no. 2, Series 2: Special Issue, Summer, 1993, pp. 67-71
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Looks at how novel has been interpreted as a statement about the fate of Native cultures, but has also been viewed as an understanding of how stories speak of the relationship between landscape and people.
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Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 13, no. 2, 1993, pp. 327-371
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Book reviews of 14 books:
Proceedings: First National Conference on Cancer in Native Americans. "Proceedings" reviewed by Rene R. Gadacz.
Gabriel Dumont Speaks translated by Michael Barnholden.
The Early Years of Native American Art History: The Politics of Scholarship and Collecting edited by Janet Catherine Berlo.
Hidatsa Social and Ceremonial Organization by Alfred W.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 17, no. 1, Winter, 1993, pp. 69-82
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Article examines the representations of Comanche religious practice in ethnographic writings from the early 1800s into the 20th century. Discusses the portrayal of the Comanche as skeptics or as a people without a cohesive religion.
The Counseling Psychologist, vol. 18, no. 4, 1990, pp. 628-654
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Argues that the training of Aboriginal counseling and community psychologists should move away from conventional counseling to a more culturally sensitive position that includes Aboriginal values.
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
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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.
American Antiquity, vol. 55, no. 3, July 1990, pp. 585-591
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Considers the issue of repatriation of human remains as an ethical/cultural conflict within the field of archaeology; discusses means of resolving this conflict based in negotiation and mutual respect; concludes that archaeology must “change the way it does business,” and presents a course for this change.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 17, no. 1, Winter, 1993, pp. 45-67
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Literary Criticism article in which the author examines the place-based and relational nature of Indigenous spiritual practices, and the treatment of these in the McNickle’s novel.
Georgia Law Review, vol. 24, no. 4, Summer, 1990, pp. 1019-1044
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Uses the example of the Iroquois of upper New York to illustrate how Europeans interpreted social structure in terms of their own cultures and belief systems. In this case, the view that Indian men were lazy and the women "drudges" who nevertheless possessed a great deal of power.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 17, no. 3, Special Issue on Encounter of Two Worlds: The Next Five Hundred Years, 1993, pp. 33-52
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Looks at two cases that deny religious protection, a right under the First Amendment, regarding ancient religious practices that predate the founding of the United States and the writing of its Constitution.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 17, no. 3, Special Issue on Encounter of Two Worlds: The Next Five Hundred Years, 1993, pp. 121-130
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While others celebrate the 'discovery' of the New World, the 1.5 million Aboriginal peoples in the United States will celebrate their survival against centuries of genocide, legal restrictions on religion and language and other oppressive measures.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 17, no. 2, Spring, 1993, pp. 151-169
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Study conducted in 1986 & ‘87 interviews participants in 13 Navajo communities about spaces that are sacred or important to the people in those communities. Research was done to determine which sites should be the focus of the Navajo Nation’s Historic Preservation Department.
Museum Anthropology, vol. 14, no. 2, May 1990, pp. 7-14
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An interview with the Zuni Tribal Council to collect information for presentation to museum staff about Zuni culture and express the appreciation the Zuni feel for the return of their sacred War Gods.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 14, no. 4, Autumn, 1990, pp. 355-366
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Article voices the concerns and commentary of Tlingit elders surrounding the effects of secular performance of sacred song and dances and weighs the value of creating cross-cultural understanding against the devaluation of ceremonial practices.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 17, no. 1, Winter, 1993, pp. 83-99
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Article describes the different layers of meaning embedded in the Sacred Pole of the Omaha people; recounts the narrative of the pole being moved to the Peabody Museum in Cambridge, Massachusetts and the process of repatriation.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 14, no. 4, Autumn, 1990, pp. 379-386
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Author discusses some of the difficulties raised by teaching pieces of Indigenous literature that contain information considered to be sacred, ceremonial, or confidential.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 14, no. 4, Autumn, 1990, pp. 367-377
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Literary criticism article in which the author considers the role that “spirit animals” play as symbols of adaptation and resistance in Leslie M. Silko’s novel Ceremony.