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.
Peabody Journal of Education, vol. 61, no. 1, The Transcultural Education of American Indian and Alaska Native Children: Teachers and Students ..., Autumn, 1983, pp. 86-108
Description
Discusses several components of cross-cultural teachers: identification and criteria of effective teachers and the important knowledge to have.
Saskatchewan History, vol. 36, no. 3, Autumn, 1983, pp. 94-101
Description
Describes the resistance of Nekaneet (Foremost Man or Front Man) and those that followed him, to the attempts of the Canadian government to settle the First Nations onto reserves. Argues that Nekaneet’s goal was a reserve in the Cypress Hills.
Entire issue on one .pdf scroll to page 94
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 31, no. 1, 2007, pp. 39-62
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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
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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.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 7, no. 2, 1983, pp. 53-72
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Paper discusses the influence of the Iroquois Great Law of Peace on American government and consideration of its possible influence on the Russian government.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 31, no. 2, Spring, 2007, pp. 310-332
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Examines the controversy surrounding the remarks made by Ward Churchill after the attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City on September 11, 2001.
Social Work Research, vol. 31, no. 2, June 2007, pp. 95-107
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Examines the Navajo Nation, San Carlos, and Salt River reservations in Arizona and how these areas, unlike the rest of the nation, have not had a decline in welfare caseloads.
Museum Management and Curatorship, vol. 22, no. 3, September 2007, pp. 265-285
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Results of survey questioning the sustainability of long-term relationships between museums and Indigenous communities and best practices and structures for success.
Ethnohistory, vol. 54, no. 4, Between Empires: Indians in the American West During the Age of Empire, Fall, 2007, pp. 591-604
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Examines the following important works effecting Native American history scholarship: Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee Bron, Ethnohistory: Problems and Prospects by Bruce Trigger and Decolonizing Methodologies: Research and Indigneous Peoples by Linda Tuhiwai Smith.
Chapter in: Anglistentag 2006 Halle: Proceedings (Proceedings of the Conference of the German Association of University Teachers of English) edited by Sabine Volk-Birke and Julia Lippert.
Looks at the western movie Dead Man and the American ideology.
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 27, no. 2, 2007, pp. 219-246
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Response to "Individual Property Rights on Canadian Indian Reserves" by Christopher Alcantara in the Canadian Journal of Native Studies vol. 23, no. 2 (2003) at pages 391 to 424.
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 22, no. 1, Spring, 2007, pp. 91-99
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Examines the politics and controversy that surround Professor Ward Churchill's dismissal from the University of Colorado in 2006 and questions if the dismissal was governmentally motivated.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 7, no. 3, 1983, pp. 3-28
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Evaluates the effects of several reform movements that challenged Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) domination over Native American reservation communities in the 1970's.
Journal of interprofessional care, vol. 21, no. S2, October 2007, pp. 11-19
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Looks at the US federal Indian policy over the last two centuries and opportunities for tribal self-determination to improve funding for health and education programs.