Looks at the historical, cultural and political context of American Indian philanthropic traditions and relationships with the United States government.
Book reviews of:
The Tipis: Traditional Native American Shelter by Adolf Hungry-Wolf.
The Buffalo Hide Tipi of the Sioux by Larry Belitz.
Tipi: Home of the Nomadic Buffalo Hunters by Paul Goble.
Tipis, Tepees, Teepees: History and Design of the Cloth Tipi by Linda Holley.
Brings attention to cultural, social and structural barriers that continue to restrict Native American's access to health care and the failure of Congress to provide necessary resources.
Looks at tribal area cases and other area cases to determine if there are any differences. Reports cases are similar in most respects but did find some statistically significant variances.
Approaches to Teaching the Works of Louise Erdrich
Approaches to Teaching World Literature
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Tom Matchie
Description
Looks at the married authors' collaborative process between 1970 and 1997.
Chapter in book: Approaches to Teaching the Works of Louise Erdrich edited by Greg Sarris, Connie A. Jacobs, and James R. Giles.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 28, no. 1/2, Winter, 2004, pp. 216-237
Description
Gives historic background to forced relocations/exterminations of Native Americans, response of EuroAmericans to a march which commemorated the relocation of Dakota women and children in1862 and the author's personal reflections on the march.
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.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 28, no. 2, 2004, pp. 47-65
Description
Demonstates how the novel incorporates Natives, soldiers, civilians, and the press into the political process of suppressing the culture and will of Native American people.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 31, no. 1, 2007, pp. 39-62
Description
Examination of the social experiences and challenges faced by Native American children who had attended large public schools in the United States between 1945-75.
BMC International Health and Human Rights , vol. 7, no. 9, 2007, p. article 9
Description
Looks at life expectancy, educational attainment and income between Indigenous and non-Indigenous populations to determine if the gap between socioeconomic and health status has improved or decreased between 1990 and 2000.
Modern Fiction Studies, vol. 53, no. 3, Fall, 2007, pp. 544-568
Description
Looks at the series based on both fictional and historical Cherokee characters where generations of related characters evolving according to their changing lives and world views.
Properties of Culture - Culture as Property: Pathways to Reform in Post-Soviet Siberia
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Barbara Bodenhorn
Description
Looks at the differences between cultural property, culture as property, and the property of culture.
Chapter in book: Properties of Culture - Culture as Property: Pathways to Reform in Post-Soviet Siberia edited by Erich Kasten.
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 19, no. 1, Spring, 2004, pp. 21-33
Description
Examines the inaccuracies of Native American history by some white historians and the controversial U.S. Supreme Court decision to enact the doctrine of discovery theory in 1831.