American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 10, no. 4, 1986, pp. 1-30
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Article tries to overcome the perception that the arrival of "civilization" brought improved nutrition to the Navajos when the reality was quite the opposite.
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 32, no. 1, October 1992, pp. [12-20]
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Analysis of the Cheyenne Transporter's (1880-86) content reveals belief that discipline and certain subjects civilize, Americanize, and bring people into the mainstream. Appreciation of, or consideration for, the culture of Cheyenne and Arapaho is absent.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 10, no. 2, 1986, pp. 15-40
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Focuses on the possibility that acceptance of the legislation didn't necessarily mean appropriateness nor did it mean that it was embraced whole heartily.
Prairie Forum, vol. 11, no. 2, Fall, 1986, pp. 171-183
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Looks at the First Nations commitment to continue the tradition to hunt, fish and garden despite the introduction to modern farming by the government, European traders and missionaries.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 16, no. 2, Spring, 1992, pp. 157-167
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Authors, who are also FBI agents, describe some of the potential complications and pitfalls for non-Indigenous investigators working in Indigenous communities; highlight cultural misunderstandings, negotiation of systems of authority and governance, Indigenous systems of justice.
Documentary on the last surviving Yahi who walked out of the bush into a northern California town in 1911 and spent the last four years of his life at the Museum of Anthropology in San Francisco.
Duration: 56:43.
Hollywood version of Ishi, the last surviving member of the Yahi Indians who walked out of the northern California bush in 1911.
Duration: 1:31:00.
Documentary version available.
Critiques John S. Milloy's The Plains Cree: Trade, Diplomacy and War, 1790-1870 describing the books lack of primary research and inadequate attention to the facts.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 4, no. 1, Series 2, Spring, 1992, pp. 72-82
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Book reviews of:
Raven Tells Stories: An Anthology of Alaskan Native Writing edited by Joseph Bruchac
Keepers of the Earth: Native American Stories and Environmental Activities for Children by Michael J. Caduto and Joseph Bruchac
The Lightning Within: An Anthology of Contemporary American Indian Fiction edited by Alan R. Velie
Our Bit of Truth: An Anthology of Canadian Native Literature edited by Agnes Grant
The Heirs of Columbus by Gerald Vizenor
Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
File contains a presentation by Leonard Mandamin. He discusses the nature of the justice system in Canada, the cultural diversity of Aboriginal peoples, and the problems with the term "system," the history of European legal systems relationship with Aboriginal justice, and discusses various models used in the United States, Australia, Canada, and closes by stating that "it is not a question of a unified system or of separate Aboriginal systems...It is a matter of recognizing existing authority and human rights."
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 10, no. 2, 1986, pp. 75-94
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Studies the economic experiences of a energy resource rich Native American community and finds that President Reagan's New Federalism didn't have a positive impact.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 16, no. 1, Winter, 1992, pp. 1-24
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Author describes some negotiation and conflict that was, for the Southern Cheyenne and Arapaho peoples, a part of the transition from traditional hereditary leadership and governance systems to Western, elected systems of governance.
American Indian Law Review, vol. 17, no. 2, 1992, pp. 589-637
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Discusses how declarations as a sovereign nation and using established rules of customary international law, will with help the tribe in the return of its cultural property